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DELIMA: Mahalo. At this time Chairman DeLima recognized that Councilmember Sue Lee Loy joined the meeting. (Arrived at 2:09 p.m.) BUSINESS OF AGENCY 1. Open discussion between the Banyan Drive Hawai`i Redevelopment Agency (BDHRA) and representatives of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawai`i Island Senate and House of Representatives, Hawai`i County Mayor's Office, and the Hawai`i County Planning Department regarding roles, recent government actions, near and long-range plans, and legislative initiatives relating to the BDHRA's fulfillment of its obligations within that portion of the Banyan Drive Redevelopment Area as defined by Hawai`i County Council Resolution 481-16. DELIMA: We're now to the point of the agenda where it's an open discussion between the Banyan Drive Redevelopment Agency, representatives of DLNR, Hawaii Island Senate, House of Representatives, the Mayor's Office and the County Planning Department regarding roles, recent government actions, near and long-range plans, and legislative initiatives relating to the Banyan Drive Hawaii Redevelopment Agency's fulfillment of its obligations within the portion of the Banyan Drive Redevelopment Agency Area as defined by Hawaii County Council Resolution 481-16. I'll turn it over to Lucas. MEAD: Okay. Aloha. I have just a very, very brief overview of BDHRA actions, how we got to where we're at today. This is only going to take up about five minutes. The value's not in me being up here, but the conversation that we're going to have. At this time Mr. Mead began his PowerPoint presentation. MEAD: So just a quick recap, the Banyan Drive Hawaii Redevelopment Agency, the way that it was formed, initially it came from a statement of understanding between the Planning Department via the Director and DLNR via the Chair, and this was to stimulate the revitalization of Banyan Drive and the mechanism to do that identified was through Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 53 dealing with urban renewal. And so what happened was, following this statement of understanding, the Windward Planning Commission, pursuant to Chapter 53, designated that area in green and blue there along the Waiakea Peninsula as blighted. That's a requirement of Chapter 53, and following that designation, the County Council entertained a resolution 481-16, which identified or supported the blighted designation and formed the Banyan Drive Hawaii Redevelopment Agency, so it's a five-member board. Between June and October of last year, the Banyan Drive Hawaii Redevelopment Agency, the Planning Department, and the community entertained various scenarios for the development of a conceptual master plan. This included community outreach, or two, two community meetings, as well as numerous meetings of the BDHRA. In almost exactly a year to the date, the BDHRA adopted a conceptual master plan for, essentially to start the conversation on Banyan Drive. This is the conceptual master plan as adopted by the BDHRA, again this was last year, essentially a year to the day. And I'm not going to go into the details of the plan; that's all on the website, the minutes to all the meetings are on the website, but this is what the BDHRA has as the initial conversation piece on moving forward. And to move forward, the Planning Department identified, really, the next step in how we would move this concept and vet it further and move it into an actual master plan as Page 3 of21 Banyan Drive Hawaii Redevelopment Agency October 25,2017 Minutes