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also, I moved to this community originally back in 1990. I havenÓt lived there the entire time, but I remember what it was like 20 years ago; it was a lot smaller. ItÓs growing. I assume it wil continue to grow. I am an immense fan of the school. IÓm very grateful that our family has the school as an educational resource for our children Î just beautifully, my kids are doing wonderfully there. I would like to second the statements made by a couple of people earlier about it really does need a gym and it needs more facilities. But the education occurring there is something that our family appreciates deeply. I think from what education on this in the last few months Î School has bent over backwards to try to make its immediate area, to improve it in terms of traffic, foot traffic and vehicular traffic, and since I am very familiar with both of those, I think it looks to me like a terrific plan. And I also think, having seen the community grow for the last 20 years, I understand that it will continue to grow, and I would like to see very much Parker School be able to grow along with it and continue to provide that service, because looking ahead, as old as I am, you realize the future is going to happen and IÓd like to be able to keep up with it. HOUSEL: Thank you. WILLE: Margaret Wille, Waimea. I also live in the neighborhood and walk my dog every morning in this general area. And I want to say I, as I said before, very much support the plan, provided this consensus agreement is put in and incorporated. Your directions to us was to, it wasnÓt just to Parker School, but it was also that the community step up and work on this plan. I consider much of what we added was really based on the Community Development Plan, and I see that if you were rejecting including this, that it would be rejection of the CDP and rejection of the community process. We went through numerous meetings and hearings and, with the community, whether through the South Kohala Traffic Safety Committee and the Waimea Community Association Planning and Review Design, and all of the approvals and all of the support was based on this agreement that Carl and I worked on; it was not based on what then the Planning Department selected out of there and incorporated or eliminated. I oppose the, IÓd oppose the Planning DepartmentÓs recommendation without incorporating the agreement with the community. Thank you. HOUSEL: Thank you. Commissioners, do you have any questions? T much. IÓd like to call the next four testifiers, please: Heidi Buscher, Tom Goodspeed, Victoria Missien Î Victoria Missien, okay, there you are, and it looks like we are missing somebody so IÓll call the next one Î Sherm Warner, would you like to testify? Could you raise your right hand, please? Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Planning Commission? If you could state yes, that would be good. TESTIFIERS: Yes. HOUSEL: Thank you. If you could go down the line, using the microphone, state your name and address, please? BUSCHER: Heidi Buscher, Box 1168, Kamuela, HawaiÒi. GOODSPEED: Tom Goodspeed. Mailing address, 65-1692 Kohala Mountain Road. 21 EXHIBIT A