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forward, as well as potential activities before the Board of Land and Natural Resources as far as the disposition of specific properties along Banyan Drive. At this time, I think what we can probably share with you is there's continuing interest on certain properties along Banyan Drive and understanding also that a number of the properties like Country Club and Reed's bay are on month-to-month. Did I say that correctly? CASE: Yeah, yup. ARAI: Our month-to-month revocable lease with the Board. CASE: Revocable permit. ARAI: Permit, I'm sorry. So again understanding that, understanding also what was brought up as well was considerations of things like sea-level rise into part of the planning process, how we as a department and as an agency felt that in order to move certain initiatives forward for the Agency that it was largely dependent on the crafting of a master plan. And that master plan would have to be, would have to precipitate out of the development of an Environmental Impact Statement. The basic approach was that—develop the concept map that would be like the seed, the starting point from which we build the necessary studies that would then support the development of an Environmental Impact Statement. That process alone would provide for disclosure and review and comment by the general public as well as affected agencies, and that would help guide and craft and refine, ultimately, the master plan that would eventually need to be presented before the Windward Planning Commission and then with ultimate the adoption by the Hawaii County Council. And I would imagine that it would need to include some sort of sanctioning process before the Board of Land and Natural Resources. So until all of that happens, the Agency can't really move forward with any specific initiatives to implement because what the master plan is what defines how and what you implement. So the absence of that master plan—it's hard for the Agency by and of itself to take any specific action. So that was part of the discussion that was had this morning, not necessarily saying that we have answers for all of you as agency members, but to let you know that there is a process that is defined. How that process is going to play into how things move forward is not yet crystal clear, but one understanding is that Banyan Drive does have existing entitlements. It is zoned for—portions of it is zoned for resort type of uses, the entire area, the entire peninsula, is designated urban by the State Land Use Commission. So there are, the State and its lessees can take advantage of those existing entitlements to the extent allowed by law. So that's kind of where things lay at the moment and if Chair Case had anything to say CASE: Sure. Great, thank you. Just to follow up on that; the State—we have authority from the Board of Land and Natural Resources to move forward on a Request for Interest on the Uncle Billy's parcel, and we're finalizing that now. Hope to get it out probably like January-ish and so that would be, whatever the result of that would be information that would be appropriate for us to bring back to the Agency. And we're also looking at what to do similarly on Country Club cause sooner or later, maybe sooner, we're gonna have, we're gonna be in the same position on that. So I think that from our standpoint, we need to do those things in order for you to be able to move forward so we're working on those now. DELIMA: Is it possible for the Request for Interest to include the Country Club parcel as well? Page 2 of 10 Banyan Drive Hawaii Redevelopment Agency November 29,2017 Minutes