The suggestion by at least one other comment that the TIG should not be formed until the council has determined the factors that should be considered in implementing exceptions to the TVR ban is putting the cart before the horse. The TIG could assist in guiding the council on what factors should be considered. CLEARLY exceptions should be made based on original usage intent. As has been stated in many instances, the original purpose of the ban was to reclaim what was otherwise originally allocated as workforce housing. Some properties simply do not satisfy that intent. There is no more risk in excluding certain properties as exceptions as there is to include those same properties when their inclusion is beyond the stated intent of the legislation. At this stage we don’t need further delays. The TIG is the proper next step. Bruce Busch
Chair and Members of the Housing and Land Use Committee,
I support the proposed establishment of the Temporary Investigative Group (TIG) On Policies and Procedures For Transient Vacation Rental (TVR) Uses In The Apartment Districts.
This is a positive proposal providing an opportunity to focus on specific properties and areas requiring the elimination of TVRs to be FACT BASED, as opposed to random. It also allows an opportunity to better evaluate and understand the Economic Impacts of TVRs being phased out related to those specific properties and areas.
Thank you for the opportunity to express my support for the TIG proposal.
Lynn Peabody President Wailea Ekahi Board of Directors
Attached please find my written testimony on the Temporary Investigative Group proposal for Transient Vacation Rentals in the Apartment Districts. At this stage, I remain neutral on the matter but have outlined in my testimony several considerations regarding legal consistency, stakeholder balance, and potential impacts on phase-out enforcement. I encourage the Committee to review the testimony for a more detailed analysis.
The suggestion by at least one other comment that the TIG should not be formed until the council has determined the factors that should be considered in implementing exceptions to the TVR ban is putting the cart before the horse. The TIG could assist in guiding the council on what factors should be considered. CLEARLY exceptions should be made based on original usage intent. As has been stated in many instances, the original purpose of the ban was to reclaim what was otherwise originally allocated as workforce housing. Some properties simply do not satisfy that intent. There is no more risk in excluding certain properties as exceptions as there is to include those same properties when their inclusion is beyond the stated intent of the legislation. At this stage we don’t need further delays. The TIG is the proper next step. Bruce Busch
Chair and Members of the Housing and Land Use Committee,
I support the proposed establishment of the Temporary Investigative Group (TIG) On Policies and Procedures For Transient Vacation Rental (TVR) Uses In The Apartment Districts.
This is a positive proposal providing an opportunity to focus on specific properties and areas requiring the elimination of TVRs to be FACT BASED, as opposed to random. It also allows an opportunity to better evaluate and understand the Economic Impacts of TVRs being phased out related to those specific properties and areas.
Thank you for the opportunity to express my support for the TIG proposal.
Lynn Peabody President Wailea Ekahi Board of Directors
Attached please find my written testimony on the Temporary Investigative Group proposal for Transient Vacation Rentals in the Apartment Districts. At this stage, I remain neutral on the matter but have outlined in my testimony several considerations regarding legal consistency, stakeholder balance, and potential impacts on phase-out enforcement. I encourage the Committee to review the testimony for a more detailed analysis.