HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-02-13 Banyan Drive Hawaii Redevelopment Agency
C. Kimo Alameda, Ph.D.
James McCully, Chair
Mayor
Anna Liu, Vice Chair
Kealohanui Browning
William V. Brilhante, Jr.
Nathan Gaddis
Managing Director
Alan Okinaka
County of Hawai‘i
BANYAN DRIVE HAWAI‘I REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Aupuni Center • 101Pauahi Street, Suite 3 • Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720
Phone (808) 961-8288 • Fax (808) 961-8742
AGENDA
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the following matters to be considered by the Banyan Drive
i Redevelopment Agency in accordance with the provisions of Chapters 91, 92, and 53,
Hawai‘i Revised Statutes and Section 2-35-
NOTE: Pursuant to Act 220, Session Laws of Hawai‘i 2021, which amended the Sunshine Law to
allow meetings to be remotely conducted online, effective January 1, 2022, the Banyan Drive
Hawaii Redevelopment Agency meetings may be held online, and the location listed below for the
public to provide testimony on agenda items. The meeting can be viewed live online or at the
location listed below.
DATE:Thursday, February 13, 2025
TIME: 2:00 PM
LOCATION: Hilo Planning Department Conference Room
101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3, Hilo, HI 96720
INTERACTIVE CONFERENCE TECHNOLOGY (ICT):
Banyan Drive Hawai`i Redevelopment Agency Members will participate in this meeting via the
Zoom interactive video conference platform. The public will be able to view and listen to the
meeting at: https://www.youtube.com/@cohplanningdepartment/streams. Testimony may be given
upon registering via the Zoom link, or at the in-person location provided. Minutes of the Banyan
Drive Hawai`i Redevelopment Agency meeting will be summarized and posted on the Planning
Department’s website.
CALL TO ORDER
Approval of Addendum and/or Supplemental Agenda (requires four (4) votes and must comply with
HRS § 92-7(d)).
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC – Pursuant to HRS 92-3 interested persons that want to
provide oral testimony may do so either at the time the board takes public statements on the agenda
or at the time the specific agenda item is called or as otherwise allowed at the sole discretion of the
Chair.
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BUSINESS OF THE AGENCY
1. Invited Karen Teshima from the Office of the Mayor to provide an update related to Banyan
Drive.
2. Decision on Agency’s Position Regarding HB 818
RELATING TO THE WAIAKEA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
Establishes the Waiakea Peninsula Community Development District. Effective 7/1/3000.
https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=818&
year=2025
3. Decision on Agency’s Position Regarding SB 1078
RELATING TO THE WAIAKEA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
Establishes the Waiakea Peninsula Community Development District. Provides for the
transfer of land and leases within the Waiakea Peninsula Community Development District
Development Authority.
https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1078
&year=2025
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
1. Approval of meeting summary from the January 29, 2025
Redevelopment Agency meeting.
2. Scheduling of next meeting date.
ADJOURNMENT
Submitting Written Testimony: Written testimony may be submitted 24 hours prior to the meeting
by email to planning@hawaiicounty.gov. Mail or hand deliver written testimony to Hilo Planning
Department at
each item.
Optional Alternative to Provide Remote Oral Testimony: The public may provide verbal
testimony at the meeting location provided or by joining Zoom. To provide verbal testimony via
Zoom, please register at the following link at least 24 hours prior to the meeting:
https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/QY0Z7ertRO-4tc2mcqUY2A
Meeting Materials: Documents provided to members of this board for this meeting are available for
public inspection online at https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/WebLink/1/fol/78742/Row1.aspx
or during regular business hours at the Hilo office of the Planning Department, Aupuni Center, 101
--Kona,
Hawai‘i.
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Notice to Lobbyists: If you are a lobbyist, you must register with the Hawai‘i County Clerk within
five days of becoming a lobbyist \[Article 15, Section 2-91.3 (b), Hawai‘i County Code\]. A lobbyist
means “any individual engaged for pay or other consideration who spends more than five hours in
any month or $275 in any six-month period for the purpose of attempting to influence legislative or
administrative action by communicating or urging others to communicate with public officials.”
\[Article 15, Section 2-91.3(a) (6), Hawai‘i County Code\].
If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, contact the Planning
Department at (808) 961-8288 as soon as possible, and no later than five (5) working days prior to
the meeting date. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled.
Upon request, this notice may be made available in alternate/accessible formats.
The purpose of the public hearings is to afford all interested persons a reasonable opportunity to be
heard on the above matters.
Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer
BANYAN DRIVE HAWAI‘I REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
James McCully, Chairman
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