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be across the road and you would still have the view of the, like Mr. Inouye said, you gotta have the ability to see the‒‒ KANUHA: You know that was kind of imbedded in that description that we have for that commercial strip. From the Ken’s intersection; that commercial strip. We kind of left that open based on your discussion the last time that maybe a‒‒ DELIMA: Okay, the Holiday Inn or something. KANUHA: Yeah, something like that could be incorporated and that’s imbedded in that depiction as well. DELIMA: Anybody else have any other comments? Mary? BEGIER: I think the comment that we had in the past that I’m not hearing being introduced here is the concern about erosion, global warming. And that that’s why we were going to get away from expanding the resort node on the makai side of Banyan Drive. Because we were dealing with the reality of‒‒we’re talking about people making substantial investments. When they make those investments they’re going to look at that, the longevity of their structure, and that was why the idea of having the cultural facility have a larger footprint because it wasn’t gonna be just a cultural facility. It would be‒‒so I could see what you currently have, the purple node and the gold node, those should be blended together. That was my memory of where we were heading to address the issue of being able to see the ocean. If you look at other properties that are successful, they often have their first‒‒they’ve got their parking on the ground for one thing, then the other thing to deal with is FEMA. Your Department of Public Works could tell you what’s going on with FEMA and the flood situation. Anything new we build, we’ve gotta build it a standard and so the only way to‒‒you’re gonna be up probably four or five floors just for that purpose, so that makes sense to be parking, and then go from there. I don’t mean to be asking for specifics today, but you have to think about those specifics when you’re dreaming the dream. So, I’m just concerned that we’re losing the idea of planning for the future, even Hilo Hawaiian and Naniloa, even if they were the only hotels left there, they’re gonna still have‒‒they’re gonna be making plans for that issue because it’s already a fact of life for their properties. KANUHA: As you know, one of the studies that was conducted by the State was based on sea level rise, the length of the leases, and things of that. So we’ve continued to go back to that information and this conceptual land use plan is the land use component. The actual master plan that you’ll be adopting will have a little more specificity in terms of location, what the development envelopes could be. One of the concepts that’s commonly used is that if you set back your structure away from the shoreline to accommodate the sea level rise, public access in the front, so on and so forth, then one of the proposals may be, well, we’ll give you a break in terms of your side yard setback or Page 17 of 19 Banyan Drive Hawai‘i Redevelopment Agency September 28, 2016, Minutes