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Drive, I mean of Grand Naniloa. So that same type of model is what I'd like to see, you know,
<br /> start to permeate through Banyan Drive.
<br /> When I met with Chair Case on several occasions, she's always very supportive of the BDHRA,
<br /> and I've heard this often, you know, that we're waiting for the BDHRA to tell us, give us their
<br /> vision, their Master Plan, what they wanna do, how they wanna move forward, and so I don't
<br /> know if, you know, Gordon you feel the same way or think that's, that's the intention of, of the
<br /> Chair of the Land Board, but it seems like they definitely support home rule, they definitely
<br /> support our community and our county and want this community to be the driver of what
<br /> happens on Banyan Drive with they kind of being the check as the landowner. So
<br /> HEIT: Oh absolutely, I agree 100 percent, I think and the chair is on board with that too. Again,
<br /> you know, it's kind of like a catch 22 situation where we, you know, we want to move forward,
<br /> you know, the Department wants to move forward on developing these properties but how do we
<br /> do it. You know, any commitment we make now is going to have an impact 50, 60 years from
<br /> now. You know, it's a long-term decision that we're making so we have to make the right
<br /> decision, make it right the first time.
<br /> YEE: Michael Yee with Planning, Planning Director. So, I think for a while now, the Planning
<br /> Department has been putting forth that what we need is an EIS for the entire area instead of
<br /> piece-mealing. We heard if Country Club does something then they would do one, if somebody
<br /> wanted to do it then they're going to do another one. It's easier to done entire EIS for the area
<br /> and get `er done. So then when you sit there and say, "Okay, we want to move forward,"what
<br /> we have to move forward on one option was to go with the EIS. Okay, easy to say move
<br /> forward, but as landlord, is DLNR ready to put up to help with that EIS? And in every step that
<br /> we've taken with the Leg, we've met barriers to that. And again, you know, there's been plenty
<br /> of testimony that DLNR has invested certain amounts for this and that studies, but we're at the
<br /> point where we acknowledge what we—one option is an EIS. BDHRA has no funding right
<br /> now, and so without a partner, kind of tough. And I think the Senator tried his best to help us
<br /> with the funding, so did the Mayor, and we still fell short and so it's not as if there wasn't
<br /> options that we were trying to fill that funding void, but now it's kind of like coming back to
<br /> dad, right? It's like, we need a little something—if we really mean about moving forward, what
<br /> now? And as landlord, what's the leadership that's going to be provided, you know, from DLNR
<br /> is one of my questions, and one last big question I propose is we're all talking about in the end
<br /> revitalization of Banyan Drive. And if we're talking about revitalization of Banyan Drive, we
<br /> can't you know, economic development stuff isn't just one area. It's not just about housing, it's
<br /> not just about commercial business, it's a bunch of things. And so the question has to be, what's
<br /> the best practice to get us there? And again, we gotta stop thinking about what has been done,
<br /> over if we've done things. The question right now is would a consultant come in, let's say we
<br /> hired a consultant to say how we're going to do revitalization, and would they right now suggest
<br /> the way we're going about doing it? And if that's not the answer and they wouldn't say, "well
<br /> that's not exactly how we would, should be doing it,"then we have to take that advice and move
<br /> forward. And again we don't have that consultant, but everything that I know as a planner tells
<br /> me we're not approaching this with all the best practices, and unless we start looking for what
<br /> our best practice is in economic development, then we're kind of falling short in what we need
<br /> for Banyan Drive. So, some hard questions, Gordon. I get that, but at a certain point if we
<br /> wanna move forward, we need some answers. Straightforward answers.
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