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DELIMA: Any questions? BEGIER: I think that there's,because we've had a change in administration, there's people that are concerned about what our directive is and that some of these bills are a reaction to that. I don't have an opinion on that, I can't speak for the administration, I'm just here to continue doing the work we all volunteered to do. My understanding is that the senator that chairs the senate committee that needs to hear these bills believes that everybody already has the ability to renegotiate the lease under current DLNR rules, and that's why he's not hearing the bills, not that he has any particular philosophical opposition to the extensions of leases,he feels it can already be done. That's all I have to say at this time. DELIMA: Okay. Let me kind of recap again. The bills that are moving is 1479 and 1292? MEAD: For the ones that we're seeing, 1479 I know is heard by Finance today at two. It's really hard to tell,there's no,we haven't met any kind of drop-dead deadline yet, I don't believe. And it's just my understanding, essentially off of theI pulled the same information off of the website and tried to track these that way. It does look like those senate bills that we covered,the first three haven't been heard by any committees yet and I'm not sure how much chance they have to get through two or three committees before there is a time of close. DELIMA: I think that if there's more than one committee, if they haven't gotten to the final committee,they're dead already. So the only senate bill that's alive would be 1292, and the companion is 1479; 1479 and 1292 deal with the lease issue as well. MEAD: It puts those lands under HCDA control. So in terms of how it conflicts with lease management that may be outside of something that I can answer. It does, again,transfer the management of those properties to the HCDA, so unlike those other ones which are just amendments of 171,this actually transfers the authority. DELIMA: Okay well, I would be supportive of voting to support HB 1479 and Senate Bill 1292 because I think the reality is that we want to continue economic activity for the Hilo community, and if it includes the Waiakea,the Banyan Drive peninsula, at least these bills provide a funding source which we do not have presently from the County. It's not adverse to our conceptual plan adoption and this economic activity may facilitate it. I wouldn't have a problem with us as an agency voting to support it, and I think that would, may be viewed in a positive light by the Legislature as it deliberates on these bills. Because I think we would want to continue the economic support, and we could use the resources to implement the plan that we adopted. BEGIER: Are you looking for a motion? DELIMA: I'm looking for a motion. BEGIER: I'd like to make a motion,what Brian said. I realize I can't get away with that. DELIMA: No,that's good. The motion is to support the legislation HB 1479 and Senate Bill 1292. Is there a second? TANIGUCHI: Second. Page 14 of 18 Banyan Drive Hawaii Redevelopment Agency February 22,2017,Minutes