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small park there along Naniloa. Because we really‒‒that hotel, to squeeze another hotel in that small area to me doesn’t make sense. You can open up the vista there, you can make it nice, but replace the rooms with hotels on the backside, off of oceanfront more along Banyan and Kamehameha Avenue type of‒‒so you wouldn’t get rid of the rooms, you would still replace the rooms but elsewhere than from the ocean front. Keep the ocean open and a pristine area. KANUHA: One of the concepts that has been tossed around was the Banyan‒‒the Uncle Billy’s parcel being between existing Hilo Hawaiian and Naniloa that there’s been some potential discussion about one or both properties acquiring the lease for that individually providing additional parking and a smaller convention center on the next level, which would be, which would mean that access to a small convention center on the ocean between both properties, you know, would have some synergy, let’s put it that way. So that’s, you know, that’s one of the processes in‒‒ TANIGUCHI: Another comment about parking, though. You know, the existing hotels, there’s not enough parking. No way there’s going be enough parking. And one of my thoughts long time ago was to take where the‒‒along the inside of Banyan Drive‒‒not the ocean side, but inside, using that as a like a common parking area for the hotels to share in there. So they can have their guests park across. It’s pretty much at night and when they have activities not enough parking. During the day it’s not too bad, everybody’s on the road. But that could tie in with the convention center over there too. So I don’t know necessarily whether you need two convention centers. You could have one center, parking for hotels as well as the center and stuff. KANUHA: I guess that’s why I said there’s a lot more discussion to be had on the circulation within this area. This is the first time I’ve heard perhaps a new entryway from, you know, right in the middle there, and actually that’s, that’s not a bad idea. I mean, we’ve conceptually put together this plan with something along those lines, some kind of an entry feature or (inaudible) of uses that shows you that, you know, you’re in Banyan Drive. Unfortunately what we have to deal with in this intersection is all private properties. But then again, if what the master plan calls for and the concepts of how it’s going to be developed, how it could be developed, what kind of economic return it could mean for participation, and hopefully there’ll be more incentive to participate in something. DELIMA: Well that was the whole idea of what they were planning to do when they did that intersection. They, you know, it’s just that unfortunately what you’re dealing with is what you’re dealing with. It doesn’t really get nice until you actually get‒‒well, when you had Orchid Isle, the Orchidland Isle Hotel, from there on it looked pretty good, but anyway. Anyone have any other comments? Mr. Applegate, I’m glad you joined us. Page 16 of 20 Banyan Drive Hawai‘i Redevelopment Agency July 28, 2016 Minutes