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DELIMA: Thank you. Representative Nakashima?
<br /> NAKASHIMA: Thank you very much. I think that, I'm glad that this meeting has occurred and
<br /> hopefully I share Representative Onishi's concern that yeah, we kind of move this along much
<br /> quicker. I've been in office for almost ten years and all ten of those years have been, there's
<br /> been some kind of Banyan Drive bill in the hopper and so I think that yeah, we would like to see
<br /> it move along deliberately and get to some conclusion fairly in short order. I think that the
<br /> conceptual plan that I've seen is promising and, I guess you know, where we're going to go from
<br /> there is, is something that we need to discuss and what I kind of think also is necessary is kind of
<br /> some greater intergovernmental coordination with regard to what, what, where we're going to go
<br /> and how we're going to get there. And so I look forward to continued discussion at a much
<br /> quicker pace. Thank you.
<br /> DELIMA: Chair Case, do you want to say anything in conclusion?
<br /> CASE: You know, the, the most important thing to happen next is to tear down Uncle Billy's,
<br /> and so how we do that, I mean this is chipping away at the old stuff and getting the, you know,
<br /> new stuff up so. We got couple of good hotels now. They're—we have a golf course that maybe
<br /> is suitable for something else, but then again it's gotta be a project with the lessee. But the most
<br /> important thing is to tear down that building and then there's opportunities. So the best thing
<br /> would be is if there's a private investor, otherwise we're gonna have to, it's not gonna be cheap,
<br /> it's gonna be expensive to do that, but just doing that would be a great improvement, the next
<br /> great improvement on Banyan Drive from a structural standpoint.
<br /> DELIMA: Russell you wanna say anything? Director?
<br /> YEE: You know as a realist I, I'd hope that yes, that there's private investment and it goes easy
<br /> for us and there's an easy answer. I think I always worry about their, the typically life never
<br /> comes that easy especially during these economic times where the easy answer is gonna come.
<br /> And that's where I worry a little bit about if, if we don't get folks submitting, you know, and
<br /> RFI, you know, then what? And, you know, then I can go back to this is gonna have to be kind
<br /> of a P-3,public/private partnership and that's going to take investments on everybody's part and
<br /> we can't expect the other party to do it. I just don't see how we're going to do without it, but I
<br /> guess we'll address that when we get to that bridge.
<br /> KIM: First of all, Ms. Case, thank you. The cooperation, the word cooperation doesn't seem
<br /> quite adequate—assistance given to us, us meaning County government by the State, to me is,
<br /> I've said it to many people, I can't ask for more. I know this, I'm not trying to pacify our
<br /> impatience here because I am impatient, but you know, what the State park is doing—look at the
<br /> harbors, the improvement of the harbors. The complements of that, the sidewalk, look at the
<br /> private sector of the Rotary Club for Kuhio Park donation in regards to the architect who fixed
<br /> Reed's Bay. The State giving us that land for parking and clean it. I think there are, when they
<br /> came up with the idea regards to Uncle Billy's as to what kind of partnership to expedite those
<br /> buildings and have them demolished, naturally as always, asbestos is a huge problem for costs.
<br /> But I'm very satisfied; I know this sounds odd coming from me especially, but I'm very satisfied
<br /> with the pace we're going now in regards to trying to get . I cannot tell you that numerous
<br /> meetings we'd had with Mr. Z and conversations with the State on how we can do . My only
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