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DELIMA: That the General Plan could not be amended to implement what we have proposed and that would address somewhat Mr. Bockrath's testimony because his fee-simple parcel, as well as the other parcels that have been designated as potential commercial sites would not be affected by what has been discussed here. So I've said this in the past, and I'll say it again for the record that I think it's important that the County move ahead with the General Plan amendments that would implement what the Board has previously proposed and adopted. And perhaps we should put that on the agenda for the next meeting so that it's properly Sunshined for the purposes of further discussion. Does anyone want to add anything else or comment on anything that I've said? Okay. So if not, I would thank you for your—go ahead Mr. Yee. YEE: Since we're graced with the Councilwoman Lee Loy's presence here, and she's been heavily involved at the Leg, I'd love to hear, as we have not had a chance to check in with each other on what you're hearing, what you're seeing, what, what's the whispers on some of this. LEE LOY: Thank you, Director Yee. I think you knocked it out of the park. It's House Bill 1219 and then Senate Bill 914. It is a biennium budget year, so it's really going to boil down to money and how our state representatives at the capitol can squeeze out that money. And the other part of that is really the County, through its budget is going to have to demonstrate some level of commitment. And so the administration is going to have to step up with either some type of matching monies to show the State that we are committed to revitalizing the area. Hence some of the language in that other particular bill that, you know, it would be kind of contingent upon a $250 thousand dollar match totaling $500 thousand over the course of the next two years. And so that's basically where they're at, they're really focused on the resources and the money. DELIMA: Thank you very much for that update. You know, I know that the County is going in for a substantial amount of money for all the disaster relief and I don't know if the last ask was something like $25 million or $30 million, I'm not certain. LEE LOY: Sixty. DELIMA: Huh? LEE LOY: We got sixty. DELIMA: Oh, sixty million? You got sixty million? Okay, maybe you could give $500 thousand to us. 2. Continued open discussion regarding the submittal by Donald T. Inouye for the new lease request to DLNR for the Reeds Bay Resort Hotel. This agenda item is for information and discussion purposes only. The Agency took this item up at 2:34 p.m. with approximately 7 members of the public in attendance. DELIMA: Again, we really have no ability to implement this at all. We don't have the authority, we haven't been delegated this authority because we don't have any of the necessary studies. Page 7 of 15 Banyan Drive Hawaii Redevelopment Agency February 27,2019 Minutes