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I think youÓve got a pretty good layout from Maija on our plans School into the, you know, the pasture land that the two big buildings we build are the gymnasium to the south and the new middle school to the north. There is also plan for some expansion of the lower school, turning a residential building into a resource center for the lower school, and various other projects in the old campus that would involve improving what is a deeply historic space from the town standpoint. So what IÓd like to do now is go through the major points contained in the agreement that Margaret and I on behalf of the school worked out, some of which again are contained in the conditions and some of which are not. But this is what we stand by and we think this goes quite ways toward meeting many of the community concerns. The first t our original Use Permit said that we would expand to 550 students. By the way, our current enrollment is 250 and our current enrollment cap is 328 Î thatÓs a self-imposed cap. The only other cap, as Maija mentioned, was a 90-student cap for the lower school. We reduced that from 550 to 450 because that would have a direct impact, of course, on the traffic that would be increased as a result of our increasing enrollment. And that will be a 300-capacity in the Use Permit area, which is where the middle school and the lower school will be located. This produces 20 percent less traffic according to our revised TIAR report. The other thing to keep in mind is that by limiting our use of the gym for all large events to after 6:00 p.m. on weekdays, the gymnasium would not contribute to the traffic crush during the go-home hours. And the other thing to keep in mind, of course, is that with the new middle school, two-thirds of the students will be dropped off in the lower school, middle school parking lot off of KapiÒolani, and that actually has the effect of reducing the number of parents and students using the existing parking lot, which comes off of Lindsey Road. We will continue to stagger start times. We are the only school in Waimea, I believe, that currently staggers start times and we find it does make a difference, and we will continue to do that; the staggered start times of even 10, 15, 20 minutes difference makes a huge difference in the traffic flow pattern around the school. WeÓll also continue our work with PATH, which we began in October of last year, and we are currently in the evaluation phase of that. One of the things we have learned as a result of this process is just how important biking and walking as alternatives to driving are, and how many challenges there are in Waimea to make that a reality. So thatÓs a process thatÓs going to take years, but we are now a very active member of that, and we see the advantages for the whole town but also of course for ourselves. We have agreed to grant an easement to Waimea Trails and Greenways; weÓve already sent a letter, which is Exhibit 4A in your packet, committing to transfer an easement to the County at whatever the point the County is ready for it. There was, I want to clear up a point that was brought up at the last Use Permit hearing here where it was stated by someone that we have been remiss in not granting an easement that was required from the first Use Permit for the lower school Î I want to clear that up: At the time we got that Use Permit for the lower school, all the school owned was the land where the current lower school is located, and you know, we agreed to granting an easement, that was one of know, in meeting with Waimea Trails and Greenways, that wasnÓt where they wanted the easement; they wanted it by the stream. We didnÓt own the land along the stream. Now in last two years we have come into possession of that; Parker School Trust Corporation signed over the land that includes the entire pasture area and along that entire strip where we own the land along the north side of the stream that we are going to be granting an easement. So we are now in the 7 EXHIBIT A