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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPL-CCI-2022-000002 C. HARDEN TESTIMONY 10.3.2022WPCtestimony From: Cory <333cory@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2022 8:16 PM To: WPCtestimony Subject: agenda item #2 Bill 194 Attachments: ISSUE zoning 2022 10-6 Bill 194 WPC.docx attachment is identical support for agenda item #2: Bill 194 re zoning extensions for Windward Planning Commission, 9 AM, Thursday, October 6, 2022, Aupuni Center from Cory Harden Please support this bill. Extensions often maintain rezoning for 5 to 10 years. Conditions can change drastically in that time. There may be more neighbors and more traffic; a similar development may have reduced the demand for this type of project; species may have become endangered; climate change may have changed shoreline or flood zones; or many other things. Council review will allow the public to weigh in, and allow Council to take an updated look at what the community needs and what the developer should be required to do. It seems that some developers keep doing extensions till they get a Planning Commission and Council and Mayor they like. Then they go for approval of new conditions —like eliminating bike paths, dispensing with traffic studies, or building less affordable housing. Some developers also seem to get rezoning for the sole purpose of selling the property at a profit. Buyers know they will have time to work on their development plans since extensions are so easy to get. Mr. Kern says what the bill proposes is already being done. That's good --but it's not good enough. Let's get this nailed down with a law. As the recent housing scandal showed, there's a lot of skullduggery going on with developments. This bill will help by requiring developers to be more realistic with their proposals. support for agenda item #2: Bill 194 re zoning extensions for Windward Planning Commission, 9 AM, Thursday, October 6, 2022, Aupuni Center from Cory Harden Please support this bill. Extensions often maintain rezoning for 5 to 10 years. Conditions can change drastically in that time. There may be more neighbors and more traffic; a similar development may have reduced the demand for this type of project; species may have become endangered; climate change may have changed shoreline or flood zones; or many other things. Council review will allow the public to weigh in, and allow Council to take an updated look at what the community needs and what the developer should be required to do. It seems that some developers keep doing extensions till they get a Planning Commission and Council and Mayor they like. Then they go for approval of new conditions —like eliminating bike paths, dispensing with traffic studies, or building less affordable housing. Some developers also seem to get rezoning for the sole purpose of selling the property at a profit. Buyers know they will have time to work on their development plans since extensions are so easy to get. Mr. Kern says what the bill proposes is already being done. That's good --but it's not good enough. Let's get this nailed down with a law. As the recent housing scandal showed, there's a lot of skullduggery going on with developments. This bill will help by requiring developers to be more realistic with their proposals.