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SMA is all within the power of the County and that's why we're saying, often our commercial
<br /> leases is do anything that is allowed by law, if it's business or commercial, industrial, whatever.
<br /> DELIMA: I think it was very helpful that Daryn explained what he explained. And I haven't
<br /> really looked at the law as it defines master plan, because frankly I was operating on that the
<br /> belief that the conceptual plan that we adopted, you know, I equated as a master plan. But,
<br /> because I didn't think that we would have the necessary funds to do the EIS, and I'm not certain
<br /> what else goes into the defining of a master plan. So the point is if it's going to take all of that to
<br /> do, and I don't necessarily agree, Daryn, that that's true, I think we need to analyze it. Because
<br /> quite frankly, if we gotta spend, and sometimes that's what the problem with government, you
<br /> gotta spend so much money to get to a point to facilitate something that doesn't make really
<br /> much sense to me. And whether or not we can define what we adopted as a master plan is
<br /> something that I think we need to evaluate. Which goes back to the, to the, to the point of if we
<br /> can find someone who's interested, and if there is a person who's interested in developing these
<br /> parcels, I think we want to interpret the process as friendly and as supportive of capital
<br /> investment in our community because we know it's not coming from here. So whatever that
<br /> takes, we should facilitate. Now in the meantime if there is no interests,then there is a
<br /> perception that our infrastructure or our is not amendable to investment, and I think that's the
<br /> Mayor's point. Well if they look at our structure and they don't really know how much it's
<br /> gonna cost, maybe they not gonna pencil it out, but maybe if somebody would take it down,
<br /> maybe they might be more interested in developing it. And I think we cross that, we cross those
<br /> bridges when we get there. So I don't want us to beI think Representative Onishi's questions
<br /> really helped today because it made us have this discussion to understand where are we going.
<br /> And I think the real crux of the matter is we all want investment in our community. So, I don't
<br /> think we're too—we really care about who's gonna be in, responsible. I think your points are
<br /> really well-taken, but at the same time, if they're doing the Request for Proposal and there's an
<br /> interest and we all think it's a good idea, let's just get it done. Because I think we can all dot the
<br /> I's and cross the T's as quickly as possible if there's somebody who wants to invest, you know,
<br /> hundred million, thirty million, fifty million. You know, if it's only ten million maybe we balk a
<br /> little bit but, but anyway those are my thoughts and I think it's a healthy discussion. To be frank
<br /> if anybody really wants to say more, let's go around the table and let's try to close up by four
<br /> o'clock if at all possible. So Representative Onishi, you were asking the smart questions, we'll
<br /> give you the last chance to talk and then we'll go around the room. You have anything more you
<br /> want to say?
<br /> ONISHL Well, I appreciate the Planning Department for organizing this. I think it was helpful.
<br /> We're going into session. You know the discussion needs to be expedited though. If we're
<br /> looking at trying to accomplish legislatively anything, this discussion needs to be sped up a lot
<br /> because we got two months, you know, before we gotta start writing bills and trying to figure out
<br /> strategies on what to move forward. So, you know, I mean I understand DLNR's request is give
<br /> us money to tear down Uncle Billy's, well, give us a number. You know? I guess County, you
<br /> know, we wanna go through this planning process, well you know, I don't know if we would
<br /> have support to give you guys money to go through this planning process, which you know, may
<br /> or may not fit with all of what DLNR wants because I don't know how active DLNR was in this
<br /> process of developing your draft plan. Because, you know, obviously they might not get any
<br /> more money than what they have now, so that may not fit into their long-term goals and
<br /> schemes. But again, if we're gonna move this thing forward, let's speed it up a little bit. We
<br /> can't be having one meeting a month. You know? Thank you, Brian.
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