HI SCR86

Urges the City and County of Honolulu to refrain from approving interim planned development-transit projects that allow cash payments instead of meeting affordable housing requirements.

References Resolution 16-172, adopted October 5, 2016, which approved the Manaolana Place project (a 400-foot mixed-use tower with 109 residential units and 125 hotel units) and allowed developers to contribute up to $3,000,000 to a housing fund instead of building 20 affordable rental units.

Cites Act 130 (Session Laws of Hawaii 2016), which established state policy requiring smart growth and transit-oriented development principles to increase affordable housing inventory, as justification for the Legislature's concern about cash-in-lieu provisions.

Notes that Resolution 16-172 was adopted less than four months after Act 130's enactment (June 29, 2016), before state agencies could fully analyze impacts on affordable housing inventory and infrastructure.

Requests the Chair of the Honolulu City Council submit a report by at least 20 days before the 2018 Regular Session explaining the rationale for the cash payment provision in Resolution 16-172.