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The Agency took this item up at 2:47 p.m. with approximately 5 members of the public in <br /> attendance. <br /> GADDIS: So we can move on to the next business of the agency which is open discussion <br /> between agency and Representative Richard Onishi who was kind enough to join us today <br /> regarding any future government actions, long-range plans, and legislative initiatives regarding <br /> the agency's fulfillment of its obligations and, Mr. Onishi if you want to say anything you can <br /> start, if not we canoh, go ahead. <br /> ONISHL Okay. Thank you, Nate for this opportunity to be here. Last year there were two <br /> specific bills introduced regarding the development of Banyan Drive. The first one was 1219, <br /> which is the establishment of a planning committee, I guess somewhat under the Department of <br /> Land and Natural Resources, although not really specific, but really under the—sort of attached <br /> to that. <br /> GADDIS: Sub-agency of sorts? <br /> ONISHL Yeah. Okay, that bill, that particular bill, that's the second time that it was introduced. <br /> It got all the way to conference committee. There were House and Senate conferees appointed, <br /> but the bill did not come out of conference. The second bill was HB 910, which was funding for <br /> an infrastructure study to be done by the State Office of Planning to try to determine what is the <br /> current condition of the infrastructure Banyan Drive, what items are in current need of repair, <br /> improvement, modification, or alteration. The barriers that hinder or prevent the timely <br /> redevelopment, enhancement, or reconstruction of Banyan Drive area and recommendations <br /> regarding repairs, improvements, modifications, or alterations to reduce or eliminate the barriers <br /> to the possible redevelopment, enhancement, or reconstruction of the Banyan Drive area. That <br /> bill passed the House but was not given a hearing in the Senate's last committee which was the <br /> Ways and Means committee. <br /> GADDIS: What was the required funding for that bill, or do you recall? <br /> ONISHL I don't have the original version of the bill which has the funding. <br /> GADDIS: No problem. <br /> ONISHL But obviously as most bills initially get introduced there's a funding amount. I think <br /> it might have been about $250,000? <br /> ROY: Yeah, it was $250, I have it here. The study will be funded with the $250,000 <br /> appropriation. <br /> ONISHL Right. So typically those bills out of the first committee get blanked out as they move <br /> through the process and then the funding gets added back at the end. <br /> Page 10 of 19 <br /> Banyan Drive Hawaii Redevelopment Agency <br /> August 28,2019 Minutes <br />