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SUMMARY:Honolulu Mayor Addresses Transportation and Housing Issues
DESCRIPTION:Aloha Chapter met for its quarterly luncheon program at the Oah
 u Country Club to hear Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell address transportation
  and housing issues. Caldwell has degrees in both land economics and law a
 nd is early in his 2d 4-year term. Commencing with transportation\, Caldwe
 ll made a strong plea for additional funding for the City’s fixed-guidew
 ay elevated rail project\, which is about two-thirds complete between the 
 “second city” of Kapolei west of Pearl Harbor\, and the Ala Moana Shop
 ping Center east of downtown. Costs of increased considerably (to an estim
 ated $10 billion from about $4 billion in part because of a dramatic incre
 ase in construction costs) and the project will run out of local-share fun
 ding in a few months if the state legislature fails to provide more funds.
  Caldwell’s preferred alternative is a 10-year extension of the one-half
  percent Oahu surcharge on the state’s sales and use tax. While such a m
 easure passed the state house of representatives this past spring\, it fai
 led to pass the state senate\, which preferred increases in property taxes
  and transit accommodation taxes. Caldwell points out that there are no al
 ternative mass transportation or highway construction projects “on the b
 ooks” so it would take something over 20 years to plan and construct suc
 h substitutes for the rail system. Caldwell then turned to a chronic issue
  in Hawaii\, and in particular\, in Honolulu\, where the average cost of a
  single-family home exceeds $700\,00. His solution is a combination of man
 datory affordable/workforce housing requirements applicable to all residen
 tial construction projects\, ranging from 5 %(rental)-10%(purchased) outsi
 de the urban core to 15%(rental)-30%(purchased) in the urban core\, at 120
 % of the average medium income for purchase and 80% AMI for rental. He als
 o touted his relatively successful Additional Dwelling Unit (ADU) program 
 which permits a second smaller (400-800 square feet) dwelling unit on sing
 le-family residential lots\, with expedited permitting and waiver of many 
 permit and facility connection fees. 1600 have been approved\, 37 built\, 
 and over 100 under construction.
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