D-3 BLNR Issuance of a Request for Qualifications/Request for Proposals

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BLNR—RFQ/RFP for Uncle Page 9 December 13, 2019 Billy's Lease consolidating and re-subdividing the parcels, safeguarding the convenience store operator, its employees and customers during renovation, addressing the parking and loading zone situation to the County's satisfaction, planning for sea level rise, as well as management, marketing, and financial plans for the subject property, and the extent to which the applicant's proposal meets the Department's development goals and objectives for the property. • Community Benefits. Any additional benefits arising from and unique to applicant's proposal that will benefit the community of Banyan Drive, Hilo, and Hawaii Island. • Financial Plan. The applicant's ability to fund/finance the applicant's proposed renovations and proposed operations. • Proposed Development Agreement and Lease: DLNR will negotiate a development agreement with the selected applicant. Staff anticipates the development agreement will include various obligations that must be satisfied by the selected applicant (obtaining all necessary permits, etc.), and that upon satisfaction of all such terms and conditions, the Board will issue a 65-year ground lease to the selected applicant to allow demolition, renovation, or partial demolition and partial renovation of the hotel. The development agreement may also address issues such as the selected applicant's obligations to construct or bond improvements and provisions that address the determination of the lease rent to be paid under the lease. • RFOs/RFPs for Two Banyan Drive Projects to Issue Simultaneously: Also before the Board at today's meeting is a request to issue an RFQ/RFP for another project at Banyan Drive—the former Country Club Condominium Hotel designated as Tax Map Key: (3) 2-1-005:020. Staff intends to issue the RFQs/RFPs for both projects separately but simultaneously, use the same response deadline for submissions for both projects and use the same review committees to evaluate the submissions and select the best proposals for each project. Although the RFQs/RFPs for the two projects will be moving forward on parallel tracks, submissions for each project will be evaluated independently from the other. In other words, the evaluation committee will recommend the highest offer/best proposal for each site to the Board for selection. Staff circulated a draft of this submittal to the State and County of Hawaii (COH) agencies listed in the table below with the results indicated: