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I'd like to tell you a little story about an ice cream parlor. On June 11, 2014, I met with my attorney to discuss the possibility of opening a small ice cream parlor at Alii Ice Company on Banyan Drive. My attorney looked into it and was told by the Planning Department at that time it should not be a problem, it stays within the footprint of the existing building. The process began. I received a notice of conditional approval with restrictions on January 28, 2016, 13 months later. On February 8, 2017, I received a final plan approval, which we received. I'd like to touch, I'd like to touch on the conditions and restrictions stated in the conditional approval of January 28, 2016, and I'm quoting from that document. "(P)rohibited sales, any food, meals, or drink products that can be sold at in a restaurant or store. The non-conforming use of the Ice House does not permit expansion and prohibits any restaurant or store, conveniences, services, and goods." This is an ice cream parlor we're talking about. On March 14, 2018, a building permit was issued. That was seven months after the previous statement. On October 13, I had completed construction and received an occupancy permit for the ice cream parlor. That was another seven months. The point is it took 56 months to put in an ice cream parlor; it took 7 months to build it. Well, the reason I'm here is, can you please move forward with the zoning issues concerning the fee simple properties? We're asking for no financial assistance. The service we provide has no negative impact on Banyan Drive peninsula or the surrounding area. On the contrary, can you imagine the east side of Hawaii island without an ice house then throw in a natural disaster? In summary, could we possibly place on the agenda of the next meeting some discussion regarding the private properties on the peninsula? Thank you for my three minutes. DELIMA: Any questions? Thank you, Mr. Bockrath. BOCKRATH: Thank you. DELIMA: Is there any further testimony? We do have testimony that was circulated. Mr. Inouye submitted some testimony dated February 27, 2019, and which attached the—with attachments. We'll include that as part of the record. And I guess we have Mr. Heit's circulated—I guess Mr. Inouye provided us that too. BUSINESS OF AGENCY The Agency took this item up at 2:10 p.m. with approximately 7 members of the public in attendance. 1. Review and discussion regarding bills of the 2019 legislative session that involve or pertain to properties within the Banyan Drive redevelopment area. At this time, Mr. Alex Roy introduced himself as the new planner assigned to the BDHRA with the Planning Department, and provided an update to the four legislative bills that directly relate to Banyan Drive or have significant impact on the redevelopment of Banyan Drive. ROY: Starting with State Bill 1142. This one's pretty straight forward in that it asks for six million dollars to be put forth to demolish Uncle Billy's. As you may recall, the analysis done for the demolition of Uncle Billy's was estimated at about eight and a half million dollars. The Tower Development was willing to put up a million and a half so the State had to come up with Page 2 of 15 Banyan Drive Hawaii Redevelopment Agency February 27,2019 Minutes