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identified under Chapter 53. And that would actually be vetting this through the Environmental Impact Statement process, Chapter 343 of Hawaii Revised Statutes. The Environmental Impact Statement is a very comprehensive process, it vets the plans with stakeholders, it gets input from various parties and it explores alternative scenarios to the proposal. So we identified this really as this conceptual land use master plan; again this is just a conversation starter on developing a master plan and vetting it thoroughly and comprehensively with interested stakeholders. Another next step that the BDHRA identified with the Planning Department is really how do we fund this; this does not come cheaply so we really need to identify where funding is going to come from to start to move this plan forward. So at the end of last year, or essentially the end of last year, that was really the last actions that BDHRA had with respect with the conceptual master plan, identifying the need for the EIS as being the next step. During this past year, there was multiple legislation that was brought forth regarding, or that would have dealt with, properties in the BDHRA's redevelopment area. There's eight bills that were brought forth, and a lot of them dealt with Chapter 171 which is State Land Use law, and one of them dealt with the Hawaii Community Development Authority under HRS 206A. These bills, they're all multiple bills, some of them dealt with varying degrees of redevelopment of specifically of Banyan Drive or other State-owned properties. One was successful, HB-575 moved forward without the Governor's signature, became law but what really impacted us was amendment of Chapter 717, again State Land Use law, but it dealt with commercial and industrial leases. So in terms of Banyan Drive, it really did not have an impact since Banyan Drive is resort, the State Land Use is resort over there. So again, it is worth noting though that these were brought forth in the biennium, so these bills do not have to be reintroduced, they can be entertained in this upcoming 2018 legislative session. During this time, again, the Planning Department really acted on behalf of the Banyan Drive Redevelopment Agency, namely in the commenting on draft legislation. So for all of these eight bills that came through, the Planning Department, on behalf of the BDHRA, was advocating for involvement of BDHRA in any of these redevelopment actions, keeping the process also tied to the local level here. Planning Department also commented on DLNR's lease proposals and permits for State- owned Banyan Drive properties, namely the lease proposal that came forth for Uncle Billy's and two month-to-month revocable permits for both Country Club Condominiums and the Reed's Bay Hotel. Again these were actions that the Planning Department took on behalf of the BDHRA. And this is really where we're at right now, identifying, you know, kind of funding to move the master plan forward and identifying the upcoming legislative session and the numerous bills that still have the chance to be considered. We brought forth, or we called this meeting today and we provided everyone with a advanced copy of some of these topics for discussion. And with that, I think, leaving these questions up here, these general questions up here, I think we can kind of open up the floor to that discussion. DELIMA: Well, I appreciate the overview. And I want to welcome Representative Nakashima here this afternoon. (Arrived at 2:19 p.m.) Appreciate you joining us. At the last Banyan Drive Hawaii Redevelopment Agency meeting, we had a discussion about what if we're just totally dependent on funding, then that might be a, might be a problem. And as much as there was, there is no monies to do the type of EIS or that would be conducted in order to facilitate capital investment. So one of the thoughts that we discussed at the last Redevelopment Agency meeting was the concept of having a request for proposal where the Redevelopment Agency could be used as a mechanism to facilitate memorandums of agreements that have been utilized by other redevelopment agencies, namely in the Kaka`ako formats for the purpose of dealing with the Page 4 of21 Banyan Drive Hawaii Redevelopment Agency October 25,2017 Minutes