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INOUYE: Thank you for the opportunity to speak. DELIMA: I appreciate your thoughts. Any other public testimony? No one else is signed up, but‒‒okay, if not it’s been noted on the revised agenda that we need approval to approve the supplemental and revised agenda. Is there any objection to the agenda that has been circulated as a revised agenda? Seeing none, the minutes will reflect there’s no objection to the revised agenda. BUSINESS OF COMMISSION: 1. Update on the Hilo Bayfront Trails Project as it pertains to the project’s features and alignment within the Banyan Drive redevelopment area. At this time Chairman DeLima directed the Agency to the first agenda item under Business of Commission. Chairman DeLima called upon Mr. Peter Kubota to provide an update. DELIMA: Hello Peter, Peter Kubota. KUBOTA: Good afternoon Ms. Begier and gentlemen of the Commission \[sic\]. Thank you for allowing me to speak today. I just want to come before you and give you an update on where we are on Hilo Bayfront Trails because we’re really grateful and appreciative that you guys have incorporated our trail master plan into your Banyan Drive redevelopment master plan. That’s a great start to this wonderful project. I’ll fill you guys in on where we are at on our trails and, you know, since you folks are all from Hilo you guys don’t need a map to envision where we’re going, but right about now, in July, early August of this year, we’re starting on phase one of the trail. That is going from the Mo‘oheau Bandstand to the Canoe Hale parking lot. That is a portion of phase one and the‒‒another portion goes around the Bayfront soccer field. So that’s where we’re at on our plan. This portion around the Banyan Drive peninsula, following basically the roadway, was intended to be phase two. But as you guys are re-drawing the maps and figuring out the new configuration, perhaps taking advantage of a lot of open space, we’re amenable to work with you guys in laying out the trail. And our trail is basically a 12 foot wide concrete path with a stripe down the middle and you ride your bicycle or your ri‒‒walk or run down the right side, pass on the left. So there’s a dotted line down the middle. If you guys were to incorporate whatever path in your designs according to the standard then it will be consistent with the rest of the trail. I’ll just update you on the rest of the stuff that are outside of this area. The State parks has money appropriated to do its portion of the trail, and they’re going to build it themselves. They’re expected to go out to bid early 2017 on their phase one. And their phase one goes from the boat, the small boat harbor past the main pavilions all the way back towards Waiākea Villas. And then their phase two and phase three would come around the back side past Café 100, behind Hilo Lagoon Center, and then eventually swing around behind the King Kamehameha statue area and come back toward Page 4 of 20 Banyan Drive Hawai‘i Redevelopment Agency July 28, 2016 Minutes