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CASE: Yeah, we'll, we'll look at that. We DELIMA: The thought being if you made it broad CASE: Yeah, yeah. DELIMA: —and then if people were only interested—you know, I haven't written a Request for Interest before, but I would tend to think that you could include that as part of a person's interest, entity's interest, and then suggest that they can even indicate whether they are interested in all, some, or CASE: Yeah, we can look at that. We, right now we have authority from, for the Uncle Billy's so we might want to go back to the Land Board if we're gonna do that, and so if we could do that without significant delay, we probably could try to combine them. If it's going to take a lot longer, then we wouldn't want to hold up the Uncle Billy's one, but probably people could say, "I'm interested in Uncle Billy's and this," and you know, we'd at least get information that way. So, we'll look to see if we could add that to it and if not we'll go ahead with Uncle Billy's and while we're reviewing Country Club as well. DELIMA: And then in terms of the Agency, I really don't have a quarrel with what you've kind of outlined, Mr. Arai, regarding the process. But from my view, be consistent with what you've presented. If our conceptual plan for a number of the parcels is consistent with the entitlements that exist at the present time, then why can't we as an agency adopt a master plan for those parcels that are consistent with our conceptual plan? In other words, if you're not gonna—we don't need a EIS if you're gonna continue to have the same footprint, the same structures. That would at least empower the Agency to facilitate and take action for maybe some short-term solutions to facilitate investment in improving parcels that are blighted. Because if we have to wait for further EIS's to do what is already entitled, the—it may handcuff the Agency. And then for the more comprehensive review, there would be that aspect of the master in other words we would have master plan A, existing entitlements consistent with our, with the conceptual plan, and then we would commission whatever studies, whatever monies would be available for master plan component B, which is areas that have not been entitled. All I'm trying to do is think a little bit out of the blocks [sic] so we can facilitate investment rather than us become—right now we don't have any, we're not—we're not of any help. But if we can adopt a master plan in a way for us to have the areas that are already entitled that's consistent with its present use, then I think we can all utilize whatever mechanisms there exists to facilitate investment. So that would be my suggestion. If you guys can maybe think about that and maybe we can revisit that at our next meeting where we know what the request for interest is. Of course if nobody's interested, then we got all the time in the world. But if there is an interest to invest, then we should try to facilitate with the powers of the Agency and find a way to make it work. That's one person's view of what we could possibly do. And then we can have our able lawyer find a way to do it. Does anybody have any other comments about that matter? Okay. So we'll move to the update from the Long Range Planning Division regarding the comprehensive review of the County of Hawaii General Plan. Page 3 of 10 Banyan Drive Hawaii Redevelopment Agency November 29,2017 Minutes