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DELIMA: Review and discussion regarding bills of the 2017 legislative session that involve or
<br /> pertain to properties within the Banyan Drive redevelopment area.
<br /> MEAD: All right. So, first of all, I'd like to introduce our Planning Director. Michael Yee is
<br /> with us today in attendance and so is our Deputy, Daryn Arai. Thank you for your attendance
<br /> everyone. So, today
<br /> DELIMA: —Maybe you could identify yourself for the record.
<br /> MEAD: And, I'm Lucas Mead. I'm the planner right now for the BDHRA. All right, so today,
<br /> again, we're in a unique situation where we don't have quorum so we are going to go through the
<br /> agenda items for presentation from the Planning Department side, and if anyone of the agency, if
<br /> you do have clarifying questions—feel free to ask clarifying questions regarding the material.
<br /> Again, no deliberation or discussion regarding those items. In terms of the agenda, since we do
<br /> not have quorum, too, under Administration Matters will be moved to the next meeting.
<br /> All right, so Agenda Item No. 1, as we covered before in the meeting in February, there were
<br /> eight bills that were brought before the Legislative Session, the 2017 Legislative Session. They
<br /> were paired, both of them entered a House and a Senate version of the bill so there was
<br /> essentially four topics that were moved forward in this Session.
<br /> The first one HB, House Bill 575 and its companion, Senate Bill 274, allowed BLNR or
<br /> proposed to allow BLNR to extend commercial, hotel, resort, and industrial leases within the
<br /> Banyan Drive and Kanoelehua Industrial if substantial, commitment to make substantial
<br /> improvements were made by the lessee, and amended their statute, the State land lease statute
<br /> which is HRS, Hawaii Revised Statutes, Chapter 171.
<br /> The next pair that was entered was House Bill 1469 and its companion Senate Bill 1185. Again,
<br /> that proposed an amendment to Chapter, HRS Chapter 171. It created a framework for DLNR to
<br /> lead planning committees and identify development districts and also to appropriate funds for the
<br /> redevelopment actions. Again, that also amended HRS, Chapter 171, which pertains to the State
<br /> land lease.
<br /> HB 1310, and its companion, Senate Bill 1184, were, it was brought in and actually is based
<br /> upon the legislation that would have been proposed in the, in the bills right above it. It proposed
<br /> to establish a Waiakea Development District as that redevelopment district proposed by House
<br /> Bill 1469. It would have formed a planning committee and also identify the specific revolving
<br /> fund where monies would go through to support that planning committee and the redevelopment
<br /> actions.
<br /> And, lastly, the one that is different, was different, is House Bill 1479, and its companion, Senate
<br /> Bill 1292, and that proposed the Hilo Community Economic District which is identified under
<br /> Hawaii Revised Statutes 206E, so it's different than the other, the other six bills. And, it placed
<br /> the management of those properties under the jurisdiction of the Hawaii Community
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