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<br />on the makai side of Banyan Drive. You may also note that the Hilo Seaside Hotel was also <br />excluded from the Kaikoʽo Project boundaries. <br /> <br />Also of note is that upon completion of the redevelopment of this area, to clear the basically, the <br />devastation and the debris caused by the tsunami, the project itself concluded in 1971. And upon <br />its conclusion, the Hawaii Redevelopment Agency, which oversaw the implementation of the <br />Kaikoʽo Project, basically was suspended. <br /> <br />So, today’s request is the Planning Director is requesting that the Planning Commission identify <br />as a “blighted area” those properties which are highlighted here by the various colors. They, <br />again, it includes portion of Hilo Iron Works, which is this blue color here off to the left; portions <br />of Kuawa Street; and then across Kamehameha Highway is the rest of the Banyan Drive <br />peninsula. The colors basically represents the various landownerships within this particular area <br />with the Federal being this pink color here which is right next to Hilo Bay Café; State lands are <br />identified by green; and private landholdings are identified by the blue colors. <br /> <br />Again, today’s request is for the Planning, Windward Planning Commission to provide an <br />affirmative vote to designate the Banyan Drive peninsula to the extent as shown on Exhibit A <br />within your Background and Recommendation Report as a “blighted area” pursuant to <br />Chapter 53, Hawaiʽi Revised Statutes. <br /> <br />So with that, I stand ready to answer any questions that the Commissioners may have. <br /> <br />HEAUKULANI: Thank you, Daryn, very much. Commissioners, any questions? <br /> <br />IKEDA: Yes. <br /> <br />HEAUKULANI: Mr. Ikeda. <br /> <br />IKEDA: Daryn, can we go back to the map you had before? I get confused after a while. Yeah, <br />this one here. So the blue is private and so they’re not part of this redevelopment? <br /> <br />ARAI: The blue is currently private, and we are asking that all of the lands or parcels, I should <br />say, identified by the various colors whether it’s green, blue, or pink be included within that area <br />designated as a “blighted area.” <br /> <br />IKEDA: I cannot understand the top right, like, there’s a blue—which property is that? <br /> <br />ARAI: If I’m not mistaken, that blue is the Country Club Condominium. <br /> <br />OGUSS (from audience): No, Naniloa, half of, half of Naniloa is privately owned from before <br />the Kingdom days. <br /> <br />ARAI: Excuse me, one moment, the Director can answer. <br /> <br /> <br />3 <br />EXHIBIT C <br /> <br /> <br />