Human Services Agriculture and Housing Committee Meeting Agenda Template
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HUMAN SERVICES AND PARKS COMMITTEE Council of the County of Maui Master Agenda (as of May 25, 1999) INDIVIDUALS WHO INTEND TO ATTEND THE MEETING AND WHO HAVE DISABILITIES REQUIRING SPECIAL ASSISTANCE SHOULD CALL THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL SERVICES AT 243-7838 (FROM MAUI), 1-800-272-0026 (FROM MOLOKA‘I), OR 1-800-272-0098 (FROM LANA‘I) AT LEAST THREE DAYS IN ADVANCE. COMMITTEE MEMBERS ORAL OR WRITTEN TESTIMONY on any agenda item will be accepted prior to the discussion of each agenda item. Oral testimony shall be limited to three minutes. John Wayne Enriques, Chair An additional minute to conclude testimony may be granted subject to discretion of the Committee Chair. If testimony is incomplete, an additional three minutes will be given after all others have been heard. Agenda items are subject to cancellation. Please contact the Committee Staff Michael A. Davis, Vice-Chair (Shannon Alueta or Tammy Diaz) at the Office of Council Services at 243-7838 (from Maui), 1-800-272-0026 (from Moloka`i), or 1-800-272-0098 (from Lana`i) for a confirmation of the meeting date and time, and for tentative scheduling of agenda items. Patrick S. Kawano Documents on file with the Committee, which may include correspondence relating to the agenda items below, may be inspected prior to the meeting date. Photocopies may be ordered, subject to charges imposed by law (Maui County Code, Sec. 2.64.010). Please contact the Office of Council Services to make Dennis Y. Nakamura arrangements for inspection or photocopying of documents. To learn more about Council-related issues, tune in to Akaku: Maui Community Television on cable channel 45 (TCI customers on Maui), channel 3 (TCI Charmaine Tavares customers on Moloka`i and Lana`i), or channel 6 (Hawaiian Cablevision customers). Council time slots are: Saturdays at 4:00 p.m., Sundays at 12:00 p.m., Mondays at 8:00 p.m. and Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. Each time slot consists of about four hours. 1. AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENTS/GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPERS (HSP-1) Aug. 4/95 C.C. 95-245 Councilmember Nishiki, relating to the matter of affordable housing requirements for developers. (C.C. 97-4, C.C. 99-10) Jan. 18/96 MISC. County Clerk, referring the matter of the affordable housing definition and guidelines. (PR C.R. 96-5, C.C. 97-4, C.C. 99-10) Aug. 7/96 C.C. 96-193 Council Chair, requesting that a Subcommittee on Affordable Housing be established, and providing the objective, term, and membership of the subcommittee. (C.C. 97-4, C.C. 99-10) Jan. 11/99 C.C. 99-35 Councilmember Tavares, requesting that the Subcommittee on Affordable Housing be reestablished in the 1999-2001 Council term. *address also on the OCS master mailing list Page 2 HSP (a) Memo to Members, dated 2/12/96, transmitting a copy of Chapter 2.86, Maui County Code, affordable housing definition, for review. (b) Memo to Corporation Counsel, dated 2/13/96, requesting comments/recommendations relating to the creation of a legal definition of the term “affordable housing” as it relates to a private developer’s promise to build affordable housing units. (c) Recd. at the 2/20/96 COW mtg. from the Deputy Director of Housing and Human Concerns: (1) proposed revisions to Chapter 2.86, County Housing Policies; and (2) tables regarding “Maui Income Schedule by Family Size” established by HUD, and “Affordable Rents & Selling Prices for Maui County, Molokai & Lanai”. (d) Memo to Corporation Counsel, dated 3/4/96, requesting clarification on how changing the affordability criteria from 140 percent to 100 percent or less of the area median income would affect applicants for Federal financial assistance. (1) Response recd. from Deputy Corporation Counsel Cairns, dated 3/22/96. (e) Ltr. to Director of Housing and Human Concerns, dated 3/5/96, requesting (1) consideration of proposed amendments to Chapter 2.86, Affordable Housing; (2) information relating to affordable housing; and (3) coordinate with the Corporation Counsel to produce a draft proposed bill. (1) Response recd. dated 3/13/96 (recd. 4/3/96). (f) Memo from Council Chair, dated 3/13/96, transmitting a ltr. from Roy S. Oshiro, Executive Director, State HFDC, transmitting: updated income limit, affordable rent, and affordable sales price guidelines based on the 1996 median income limits established by the U. S. Department of Housing & Urban Development. *address also on the OCS master mailing list HSP Page 3 (g) Ltr. to Director of Housing and Human Concerns, dated 6/25/96, regarding coordinating with the Corporation Counsel to produce a draft proposed bill. (1) Response recd. dated 7/9/96. (h) Ltr. to Director of Housing and Human Concerns, dated 7/25/96, extending the due date for the draft bill to 8/14/96. (1) Response recd. dated 8/6/96. (i) Ltr. to the Director of Housing and Human Concerns, dated 5/28/97, requesting the development of a process/formula to apply affordable housing credits objectively. (1) Response recd. dated 6/6/97. (2) Response recd. dated 7/18/97. (j) Ltr. from the Deputy Director of Housing and Human Concerns, dated 10/6/97, transmitting proposed draft proposed bill entitled “A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2.86 OF THE MAUI COUNTY CODE, PERTAINING TO COUNTY HOUSING POLICES, REPEALING CHAPTER 2.94, PERTAINING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING POLICIES FOR HOTEL-RELATED DEVELOPMENTS, REPEALING SECTIONS 18.04.055 AND 18.04.057, PERTAINING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AMENDING SECTION 18.08.050, PERTAINING TO GENERAL INFORMATION”. (k) Written testimony recd. at the 10/16/97 HSAH mtg. from: 1. Scott Nunokawa, Vice President, C. Brewer Homes, Inc., dated 10/16/97; and 2. Karen Piltz, Researcher, Land Use Research Foundation, dated 10/16/97. *address also on the OCS master mailing list Page 4 HSP (l) Memo to Members of the Council, dated 11/5/97, relating to the establishment of the Subcommittee on Affordable Housing. (m) Ltr. to Director of Housing and Human Concerns, dated 11/13/97, requesting a copy of the final version of the Consolidated Plan for the County of Maui. (1) Response recd. dated 11/14/97. (n) Memo from the Chair, Subcommittee on Affordable Housing, dated 6/4/98, requesting that the term of the Subcommittee be extended until October 30, 1998. (o) Ltr. to the Chair and Members of the Council, dated 12/11/98, requesting that the Subcommittee on Affordable Housing be reestablished in the 1999-2001 Council term and that the membership remain the same. STATUS: The Committee met on October 16, 1997, November 6, 1997, June 18, 1998 (extend term of Subcommittee), on this matter SEND AGENDA: *Scott Nunokawa, Vice President, C. Brewer Homes, Inc., 255 E. Waiko Road, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii 96793 Kelly Arbor, P. O. Box 1073, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii 96793 (572-4722) Gwen Ohashi-Hiraga, Munekiyo, Arakawa & Hiraga, Inc., 305 High Street, #104, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii 96793 (244-2015) *Karen Piltz, Land Use Research Foundation, 700 Bishop Street, #1928, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 (521-4717) 2. AMENDING CHAPTER 3.36 OF THE MAUI COUNTY CODE, PERTAINING TO THE MAUI COUNTY GRANTS PROGRAM (HSP-2) May 1/98 C.C. 98-117 Budget and Finance Committee Chair, relating to the development of criteria for the lease of County property to non-government agencies. (C.C. 99-61) June 25/98 C.C. 98-161 Director of Housing and Human Concerns, transmitting a proposed bill entitled “A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 3.36 OF THE MAUI COUNTY CODE PERTAINING TO THE MAUI COUNTY GRANTS PROGRAM” (amends Chapter 3.36 of the Maui County Code pertaining to the Maui County Grants Program). (C.C. 99-10) Jan. 11/99 C.C. 99-36 Councilmember Tavares, requesting that the Subcommittee on the Grants Review Process be reestablished in the 1999-2001 Council term. *address also on the OCS master mailing list HSP Page 5 (a) Memo to the Members, dated 7/1/98, transmitting information relating to definitions and uses of leases, licenses and grants of real property by County government. (b) Memo to the Members, dated 7/16/98, relating to the establishment of the Subcommittee on Grants Review. (c) Memo to Members of the Council, dated 8/3/98, relating to the Subcommittee Members’ current participation in nonprofit organizations. (d) Ltr. from Director of Housing and Human Concerns, dated 8/7/98, transmitting a listing of the organizations that submitted Community Partnership Grant applications for FY 1998-99. (e) Ltr. to the Chair and Members of the Council, dated 12/11/98, requesting that the Subcommittee on the Grants Review Process be reestablished in the 1999-2001 Council term and that the membership remain the same. NOTE: 1. C.C. 98-161 originally transmitted two proposed bills. The first proposed bill [Bill No. 51 (1998)] passed First Reading at the June 25, 1998 Special Council mtg.; and passed Second Reading at the July 7, 1998 Council mtg. (Ord. 2677). The second proposed bill that was transmitted with C.C. 98-161 was referred to HSAH. 2. The HSAH Committee met on July 16, 1998 to establish the Subcommittee on the Grants Review Process. 3. The HSP Committee met on March 3, 1999 and reestablished the Subcommittee on the Grants Review Process, comprised of eight voting members and one ex-officio member. The subcommittee’s term ends on June 1, 1999; its objective is to consider the existing ordinance (Chapter 3.36) and the grants review process and to recommend changes to respond to the County’s needs. 3.