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certainly working with both the Mayor and the County Council to try to ensure that the $250 will be in the final budget so TANIGUCHI: Which budget? State or the County? YEE: Insorry, within the County budget to have that match ready to go if the bill passes. In terms of the other bill which is SB 3058, that would create a committee out of DLNR that would help kind of do the planning for Banyan Drive. We've tried to craft the legislation where the BDHRA would still work in conjunction with this new group; could be a contracting, whatever, we tried to leave it a little bit flexible. Basically that bill also addresses the KIAA leases in trying to create a ten year pilot project where they, there is a process to renew, there's a process of people invest could—and if they didn't get the lease would get their improvement money back. Creates a process which to notify DLNR that you want to go through a process to, to bid for the property and stuff I think it's a compromise to previous bills that try to just basically open up renewing these leases and there was a lot of rub with trying to extend the leases too far out while the constitution said we should put these leases back out to bid. So a ten- year pilot project, I feel, is kind of the compromise and we can try to see how this works I think is where the legislators have landed. So both of those bills are still alive and I guess we're all trying to work to get them through this year. DELIMA: Questions? TANIGUCHI: Question. Both were Senate bills. Has it, did they cross over to the House? YEE: Yes, they are in the House right now. TANIGUCHI: There's only—no companion bill? YEE: Three zero five eight (3058)had a companion that just got re-referred so it's, I think they are hoping that this Senate bill will work its way through but it did have a companion that's kind of stopped for now. TANIGUCHI: What does the outlook look like in the House? YEE: Based on an email I got from Jim McCully today, they were crafting 3058 with certain languages where that were in different versions and he's had some verbal support from key House members that would seem to imply that hopefully it, you know, is gonna keep moving forward till it can get to conference, but you know, that's all I guess at this point. As for 2972, the $250, I'dI haven't heard any strong opposition to it yet; again, when it comes down to assigning the money that's probably the critical point, at this point is how much it would be funded by the State. At one point it was written in for $250 with a certain amount, and that was kind of taken out,put back in, and stuff and where it finally lands we're not sure. DELIMA: I'm of the opinion that I think it's gonna be very difficult to get any of these bills passed and if they are passed, I think that's a great thing to bring this master plan to reality where some form of addressing the need for that peninsula. I think we all have sympathy for those who have had these long leases and there's desire to do something in terms of their own property Page 5 of 7 Banyan Drive Hawaii Redevelopment Agency March 28,2018 Minutes