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WOODWARD: No, that's fine. <br /> LILLY: I represent Ka`Umeke Kd'eo, Hawaiian Immersion Public Charter School, located in <br /> Keaukaha. We are in support of this amendment. You have my testimony. I won't say anything <br /> more, except that we hope that you support this amendment as well. And I think it has broader <br /> implications for charter schools, which are so vibrant on this island. It will probably provide <br /> more opportunities for them to be located within the community that they serve. Mahalo. <br /> WOODWARD: Very good. Thank you. Any questions for Ms. Lilly? No. Thank you very <br /> much. Yu may be seated. Okay, would somebody like to make a motion? Commissioner <br /> Domingo. <br /> DOMINGO: Mr. Chairman, I move for the approval of the submission by the Planning Director <br /> with regards to the Zoning Code Amendment. <br /> WOODWARD: Favorable recommendation? <br /> DOMINGO: Yes. <br /> WOODWARD: Okay. We have a second? <br /> KERN: Second. <br /> WOODWARD: Okay. Any discussion? <br /> DOMINGO: Mr. Chairman, I just note that, you know, now we're going to permit these schools <br /> to be situated in Industrial areas. I think it's appropriate cause we have that new zoning <br /> designation, the MCX, which provides for commercial uses and industrial uses, combination. So <br /> I think this is, it complements each other. <br /> WOODWARD: All right, very good. Madam Director. <br /> LEITHEAD TODD: Just for informational purposes, you know, one of the reasons we included <br /> Industrial was the fact that at NELHA there actually is a charter school that has been using its <br /> facilities, because not all Industrial is the same; and that one, you know, their students are <br /> actually involved with some of the projects there. And then on the Resort, what, where some of <br /> this came up was in Keaukaha. There are specific properties that are actually zoned Resort that <br /> are not being utilized as resort properties; and because the structures are larger they kind of lend <br /> themselves to potential uses of a charter school. One is the old Doc Hill property which is being <br /> used just as an office right now for the Charter School, and then the other is the Bay Clinic. And <br /> while the property owners are amenable to letting charter schools operate there they were kind <br /> of, well, they were hesitant to go and unzone or change the zoning of their properties, because <br /> you know how hard it is to get Resort zoning on this island. That's what prompted this. <br /> 3 <br />