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DELIMA: Because the sewer, doesn’t the sewer line run along the street? ROY: Right along here. DELIMA: Yeah, so to me commercial mixed use would make sense because you have the infrastructure there to accommodate the waste. So, and it’s within, if you have good traffic area, so it would make sense for us to do that. And the reason I’m opposed to the open designation, and I want to facilitate the rezoning is because if you don’t do so and you continue the open, the private developer will be unable to maintain their property and then it deteriorates and then it doesn’t get the use that it should. It just would be better for the overall community and that’s the same argument I’m, I’ve made regarding the Ice House. And I’ve disclosed previous meetings, but for the sake of disclosure, I previously represented Mr. Bockrath, I do not represent him now, have not for a while, so I don’t believe I have a conflict, but I think it’s important that I disclose that past representation. But I still think that we should designate because if it continues to, for example, I’m supportive of the park and we would not want to have activities at the Ice House that would not complement the park area. But the present zoning doesn’t facilitate the private owner to act in a way to maintain the property so it doesn’t become an eyesore. So if you provide the landowner a reasonable economic use of the property, then it can be complementary to the, to the park. So I, that’s my thought on that. And then in regards to the Hilo Bay Café, now that’s leasehold property, belongs to the State, but that too is open. And the Suisan parcel is also open. ROY: No, the, currently these are in the limited industrial. This is all limited industrial here. DELIMA: Oh, the zoning is limited industrial? ROY: That’s current, yeah. This is the current zoning. CANNON-EGER: Go back one more and show Mr. DeLima that Suisan is that privately held— DELIMA: Yeah, I see that little small blue area, right? CANNON-EGER: Small blue triangle is Suisan and that’s a privately held parcel. ROY: So this is a map of ownership of the current— DELIMA: Suisan is a privately held parcel but the Hilo Bay Café is a leasehold property. GADDIS: Yeah, correct. DELIMA: Now, and you’re saying that the Hilo Bay Café and the Suisan is all in a industrial? ROY: It’s called limited industrial, 20,000 square foot. So yeah, it’s industrial but limited to size. DELIMA: So it’s consistent with the General Plan and— Page 8 of 13 Banyan Drive Hawaiʽi Redevelopment Agency April 24, 2019 Minutes