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HEIT: The real(inaudible) issue of Banyan Drive the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel experiences the same issue with the king tides. Water's actually reached the building. So it is a concern with us, you know, and how we move forward with it. Very much a concern. GADDIS: Go ahead, please. DELIMA: It's kind of interesting because when they, the way they designed the Hilo Hawaiian, it's designed to anticipate the rising tides. So I think in a lot of ways I don't disagree with anything the Representative has said in regards to planning for the rising tides, but I think in the long run it really comes right down to design and planning. I mean this is a tsunami area, usually a building code requires structures to be built with the idea that water would come in and inundate that area. So you would not build it where you're—I mean look at the restaurant, what is that HEIT: Nihon. DELIMA: Nihon Restaurant's built on stilts. But I do wanna, I do wanna just have a practical comment about the reality of everything in regards to the land. The land there is mostly State land leases. I made a comment about a fee simple piece of property at near the Lilikoi [sic] Park because I'm concerned that if we don't give a land owner reasonable use that the previous designation of open was a regulatory taking because it denies the land owner reasonable use. So they're coming up with a different term, but in event I'd really appreciate recognition that some of these land owners who own their properties fee simple need to have a basic fair return on their ownership of the property. Now there are some people who have leases and the term of the leases have expired. When they got the lease they knew what they were getting and I have less sympathy for them but I realize the circumstances that if they're operating a viable business that has, they've taken care of it and there's no one to step in or bid, you know, I got no problem with them continuing on a month-to-month basis until some interest comes about. So that takes us to the reality of what is. And what is, is that you have a land owner, a person who has a lease on the Naniloa propery and we weren't in existence when that lease was given out. But that lease provides a lease for the golf course. So in reality, the only player in that area for development of any resort is that lease holder. Because Uncle Billy's, there's no parking. You cannot replace the density of Uncle Billy's with the existing regulations regarding adequate parking. So the only person that could actually put together an investment proposal is the leaseholder of the Naniloa property. So the liability to the State to have a depleted hotel that needs to be knocked down they gotta deal with it sooner or later cause it's attractive nuisance. They know it is. It's going to, the first teenager that goes,jumps over the fence, goes in there, gets injured is gonna have a lawsuit against the State because it's an attractive nuisance and the State is not being diligent in knocking the structure down. So I agree with the Representative, you gotta come up with a proposal but we gotta basically come up with a, let these people develop what is possible to be developed. Not give it away, but give them a fair opportunity to, to develop. Now I've talked to that, I forget his name, Ed Bushor. I've spoken to Mr. Bushor and his vision is trying to develop a mini Hilton Village in the peninsula by developing a Hilton brand, I guess ais it a Courtyard? Double Tree. In that Uncle Billy's place using the parking in the area, maybe you know, Page 13 of 19 Banyan Drive Hawaii Redevelopment Agency August 28,2019 Minutes