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BANYAN DRIVE HAWAII REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY COUNTY OF HAWAII MINUTES July 25, 2018 The Banyan Drive Hawaii Redevelopment Agency met at 2:02 p.m. in the County of Hawaii, Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawaii, with Chairman Brian DeLima presiding. MEMBERS PRESENT: Brian DeLima(Chairman), K.T. Cannon-Eger, and Nathan Gaddis MEMBERS ABSENT & EXCUSED: Barry Taniguchi and Elmer Gorospe ALSO PRESENT: Harry Kim (Hawai`i County Mayor), Michael Yee (Planning Director), Amy Self(Deputy Corporation Counsel for the Agency), Jeffrey Darrow(Planning Division Manager), Kim Tanaka(Secretary), Kaiali`i Kahele (Senator)in at 2:04 p.m., Sue Lee Loy (Councilwoman), Gordon Heit (DLNR Representative) A quorum was present with three members in attendance. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC There were 16 members of the public in attendance. At 2:02 p.m. Chairman DeLima opened the floor to take statements from the public. DELIMA: I would like to welcome the members of the public here, as well as the staff, and the Mayor, and the Planning Director for attending today's meeting. I've been advised that Senator Kahele is also going to be in attendance. Our business of the agency will be to discuss the legislation that has been adopted by the Legislature and signed into law by the Governor. But before we take any further action, this is the opportunity for members of the public to make statements. We also have Councilmember Lee Loy present and the members of the Redevelopment Agency is Nathan Gaddis, K.T. Eger, and myself, Brian DeLima. So, with that we'll have Dean Au present testimony. Thank you for coming, Dean. AU: Good afternoon everybody. Thank you all for your, for your volunteer services and thank you, County employees for being here. It's nice to see a lot of familiar faces, you know everybody here and in this room are vested in our community and vested with the Banyan Drive, so thank you for everybody involved in this process. My name is Dean with the Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters. We represent 7,000 members and about 200 signatory contractors, and our biggest concern for Banyan Drive is fair wages. We advocate for the prevailing wage and we believe prevailing wages are fair, livable wages, a wage that a construction worker can make and can provide for him and his family. So that's all I'm here, is to make a comment. So thank you. DELIMA: Thank you. We'll now call Connie Jacobson. Ms. Jacobson has distributed testimony. Thank you for coming this afternoon. Page 1 of 17 Banyan Drive Hawaii Redevelopment Agency July 25,2018 Minutes