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DELIMA: Well, you know, I've tossed this out from the very beginning and my suggestion was, <br /> why do we need an EIS? If we're committed to a footprint no bigger than what we're presently <br /> utilizing. So, you know, cause I take the position what we're proposing is no bigger than what <br /> exists. So if we're not increasing the footprint and density, why do we need an EIS? That's been <br /> my suggestion. And I know Corporation Counsel has a thought on it. <br /> SELF: Because it's on State land so it triggers Chapter 343. Any use of State or County funds, <br /> any use of State or County land triggers Chapter 343-5. <br /> HEIT: And that being said, there are components to that chapter as well. They can either do a <br /> full Environmental Impact Statement or they can do an Environmental Assessment depending on <br /> the scope of work. So that's where we really need to <br /> DELIMA: So perhaps the Environmental Assessment could be that in as much as the density is <br /> the same, the footprint is the same, we don't believe there's any detrimental environmental <br /> consequences to empower the commission, or the agency, to implement the plan as presently <br /> constituted, something to that effect. We could, that possibly may work. <br /> HEIT: That's a possibility. <br /> DELIMA: But that costs money too. <br /> HEIT: Everything costs money. You know, that's a given. <br /> DELIMA: Okay. <br /> HEIT: But when you present a scenario like what you have here, you know, the scope of it on <br /> the face of it would more likely trigger an Environmental Impact Statement. Full, you know, <br /> environmental review. <br /> DELIMA: Because it's all next to a shoreline <br /> HEIT: But if you're going to do components of it, yeah, if you're just do individual components, <br /> yeah, that's a different, you know, a different story. You could probably do an environmental <br /> assessment. <br /> DELIMA: It would be good if, and perhaps the Council could make it a priority and then <br /> appropriate a million dollars and get it done. So anyway. <br /> CANNON-EGER: Mr. Chairman? <br /> DELIMA: Go ahead, K.T. <br /> CANNON-EGER: When was an Environmental Impact Statement done for this area previously? <br /> Page 9 of 15 <br /> Banyan Drive Hawaii Redevelopment Agency <br /> February 27,2019 Minutes <br />