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HEIT: Yeah, I’m not sure, I’ll try to answer, I’d make the assumption you could. I mean, because it’s a different process so, for the request for proposal and yeah, kind of I guess, resets the program as far as being able to submit any type of application. DELIMA: And the holdup is the environmental studies, but if we’re only gonna—if the environmental impact statement is just focused on that parcel, it would, I would tend to think it’d be less than what the previous projections were for the entire peninsula. HEIT: Correct, correct. Again that’s what, you know, part of this agency’s tasked to do is, you know, do we do it piecemeal property by property, or do we do the whole Banyan Drive as one, you know, one developed area. I guess that’s, you know, what we need to work on. DELIMA: The sooner we replace a empty dilapidated structure right on the shoreline the better. HEIT: Yeah, again yeah, you know it’s in need of immediate attention. DELIMA: I appreciate that. Any further discussion by anyone? Okay. GADDIS: I’m curious to hear from Planning if they have any feedback or anything as well. DELIMA: Yeah. YEE: I think it’s certainly within the purview of the Board to, to provide a letter of support. You know, I can’t stop always wearing my Planning hat, and always wishing to have a master plan that we have in front of us that we could follow, but I also, months ago, sat there and I said if we weren’t going to get the funding this year from the Leg, we can’t keep banging our heads against the wall and to do nothing. And certainly the Mayor has certainly talked about wanting to do something and so this is just one step. I mean, a letter of support certainly indicates where you folks want to go. There’s still a lot of hurdles for even Tower Development to, to, to make it pencil out, but is it a step in the right direction with somebody who’s very interested in doing so? Certainly. And so I’m supportive of seeing a letter go forward but I think concurrently there are many of us still trying to find the funding to do a master plan. DELIMA: I think we all concur with the Planning Director’s statement. It’s been the sense of the Agency. If there’s no further discussion, the Chair will call for a vote. All those in favor of the motion say aye. ALL: Aye. DELIMA: Opposed say nay. Motion is carried. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS The Agency took this item up at 2:13 p.m. 1. Approval of minutes from the July 25, 2018, Banyan Drive Hawaiʻi Redevelopment Agency meeting. DELIMA: We’ll then proceed with administrative matters. As I indicated, Mr. Inouye submitted a letter for agendizing, but unfortunately it was prior—it was not in time to be placed Page 4 of 6 Banyan Drive Hawaiʽi Redevelopment Agency August 29, 2018 Minutes