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BISGARD: Yes, are you asking, is the money paid to the State for the use of public land? I think
<br />the answer is yes.
<br />VAN PERNIS: Is money paid to the State on every occasion of private use of public land? Well, by
<br />"every occasion" mean, whatever entity uses the public land pays money to the State?
<br />MASON: I can say, I can say yes—if you don't mind, Craig—
<br />CARR SMITH: Mr. Mason.
<br />MASON: Yes. If you don't mind—
<br />CARR SMITH: Okay.
<br />MASON: I can say, the reason why is because Ivas;:one of the main'guys that have been in stages.
<br />I actually had offered. When we went to create the'lease and stuff and. the development of the direct
<br />this process, there were other companies that are actually there, Signature Corporation—and this has
<br />to do with Keahole FBO I LLC—and I was the only guy who offered eight million at first. And the
<br />thing was that nobody was actually offering much of anything but a dollar, or actually revocable
<br />permits was only paying like only a' couple of hundred dollars a month. So the thing that came, what
<br />came through with the Keahole FBO `I inthe process that `actually got created, started through the
<br />DLNR Ethics Board, everybody, and I was,'
<br />the one that's getting ;pretty much nailed by everybody,
<br />but, including, you know, Legislation, Governor's Office, the Finance Department, I actually took
<br />myself through in the competition. of beginning stage in 2015. Whenwe put our application in for
<br />property, they are in the ,south end; there were; there were about twelve other applicants. We were
<br />the only local guys who ;was there; ,pretty much, -me';, -'everybody -else was like literally only looking
<br />for themselves in development and'not the industry itself and the support of education and the local,
<br />the local government. So the_.thing that -came out, there's actually, the lease that is in that you can,
<br />you know, people cadg- et information to is technically Iat that time, I think, was Signature
<br />Corporation and Air Service Hawai`i:,was paying:about I think 40, about 40,000 when started, you
<br />know, for this 40,000 annual= rate. We"actually came in in the beginning annual rate, was about 500,
<br />or 474,000; 39744. So, yes, money actually, it goes, the lease and the money goes to the State, and it
<br />increases annually, and it goes all ,into the -term and extent to the lease itself.
<br />CARR SMITH: Okay; .thank you; Mr. Mason. Anybody else have questions?
<br />YATES: I do.
<br />CARR SMITH: Faye, go ahead.
<br />YATES: You mentioned something about the—Mr. Mason—taxes that are collected that would
<br />help us. Now, I don't know who the "us" is. I'm just wondering about it. The airports comes under
<br />the State, correct?
<br />MASON: Yes.
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