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issues we won't approve a project unless it is set back say 50 yards from the shoreline because
<br /> your projects gonna be there for the next 70 years or more, but there's nothing across the street to
<br /> allow for any development if that's what's needed in order to redevelop this whole peninsula.
<br /> MORRISON: Right. That, that's a very good question and frankly internally we've, we've been
<br /> struggling with this a little bit. About, you know,would it be more appropriate to have some
<br /> areas on this side more mauka, but we don't have anything really guiding that unless, unless
<br /> we're just relying on kind of the hazard conversation. And so I think I'd look to you folks to say,
<br /> you know, this is what the plan was that you guys had put together, but we could have a
<br /> conversation—because the other thing, right, is that this whole area becomes problematic too,
<br /> right, with sea level rise. It starts to, as the king tides come in this entire area is a low-lying area.
<br /> So when you look on the map, what's the highest elevation I think in this area and that would
<br /> mean probably somewhere over in this area will be the highest elevation if we wanted to try and
<br /> put, start allowing for that movement to happen from the sea inland. So I think that's a great,
<br /> great conversation.
<br /> ONISHL Well one of the discussions at the State Legislature in terms of the idea of the
<br /> redevelopment of Banyan Drive peninsula is that it has to be something that people would be
<br /> able to invest in. So location is paramount to where they would be willing to site development.
<br /> So, you know, I mean again, if you're putting it too far away from the best locations, you might
<br /> have it designated but nobody's gonna be willing to develop it because just the development
<br /> situation. Where the primary resort area is, at this point, is probably the, the best locations, but it
<br /> also has these hazard threats. Right? Like sea level rise, king tides. We already see it flooding.
<br /> MORRISON: Right.
<br /> ONISHL So again, you know,there's, there's very little designation or options designated for
<br /> future development. And you know, I don't propose to have any expertise on what are, what
<br /> would be the criteria for somebody to come in with 200, 300, half a billion dollars to invest in
<br /> Banyan Drive, so. You know, what would be the site location that they would be looking for, or
<br /> the criteria, so. I know it's hard for you guys to come up with an idea of that not knowing what
<br /> developers would be looking for, right? So, I just want to bring that up.
<br /> MORRISON: I think the other thing that I didn't include here was the economic study that was
<br /> done maybe 2015, I can't remember. Kind of understanding what the, what the visitor unit
<br /> counts were on Banyan Drive and if those were sufficient or not. And so that could be another
<br /> place that we look a little closer to understanding kind of what the capacity is for Banyan Drive
<br /> versus what it might be 50 years from now if some of those impacts start to happen.
<br /> GADDIS: I actually just had one more question on that and I do want to keep it moving, but
<br /> where do County and the State either match up to this or to what extent is the County in charge
<br /> of setting these overlay zones and to what extent might that conflict with State planning? Or are
<br /> they really nicely fused, or I'm just bringing that up in the event that, you know, because
<br /> we're dealing with this situation sometimes a proposed plan can come out and the State might
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