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<br />people would enjoy living in Hawai‘i with our climate, with the recreational <br />opportunities to determine whether there’s a market for a developer to come in and <br />develop a track of land in a quality way that would attract people who would be able to <br />afford to live. I’m not talking about million dollar condominiums, but middle class, <br />where they could contribute to the community, bring income to this community, shop in <br />the community, as well as kama‘āina that would look at that as being their final housing <br />arrangement. So I’m wondering if the Agency has the ability to determine the type of <br />interest. That would be my first question. Go ahead if you want to comment on that. <br /> <br />KANUHA: I think that what we’re looking for in this conceptual stage is to get that kind <br />of confirmation, conceptually, from the Agency. We get that kind of direction, then <br />we’ll‒‒we know where to go specifically in terms of the next steps; the marketing side, <br />things of that nature. <br /> <br />DELIMA: Okay. So then I would like to agree with Mary that I think the backside of <br />Seaside is something that is worth thinking about because when I drive and‒‒you know I <br />have a special needs daughter, she’s 20 years old but her routine every day is to go out to <br />a cruise and her idea of a cruise after dinner is going down Banyan Drive. So I drive that <br />every single day. And as I drive there every single day, the back of Seaside could use <br />some improvement. It is somewhat of an eyesore. So I think that conceptually, that <br />could be considered as a place for lower-end housing opportunities that local people <br />would be happy. Like, Seaside is kind of, almost always full because of the‒‒their price <br />range, their price point. And so then the same thing with the concept about the timeshare, <br />condo development, I think the same thing about exploring whether there would be an <br />investor like maybe Holiday Inn or anything like that would go into the Uncle Billy’s <br />location. So those were‒‒I agree with all those comments. <br /> <br />Now, I know when Lihiwai was discussed the last time, the comment that people had the <br />most was that a lot of people who are not as mobile, they cannot really walk, but they still <br />enjoy going out‒‒growing up in Hilo and going down to that area, Coconut Island, <br />etcetera, it to some certain extent, is therapeutic. They enjoy going down there. Not <br />be‒‒if they close that road, you really limiting access to a lot of disabled people. My <br />daughter would never walk to that area and she enjoys driving by the ocean. That would <br />be my only concern. Now, is there something we can find a happy medium, maybe <br />limited to handicapped stickers as being able to go in there; you know, I’m sure that if we <br />look at the records, there probably was that kind of discussion. I’m open-minded about <br />that but I think that was the reason for why it’s kept open, and the parking is a situation. <br />Now when you go there at night it’s packed because of the phenomenon with Pokémon <br />Go. I mean it’s outrageous how many people are there on any given night. So those are <br />my comments and I know there are a lot of‒‒I know Kamehameha Schools have been <br />talking about‒‒their investment development company has been talking about what <br />they’re going to do with their land which is further down, yeah that area, and how that <br />ties into our plans. I think this is a good start for a conceptual plan. <br /> <br />Page 11 of 20 <br />Banyan Drive Hawai‘i Redevelopment Agency <br />July 28, 2016 Minutes <br /> <br /> <br />