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position to do that because we own the land, and we are committed to making that happen. As youÓve already heard, weÓve agreed to install a community bus shelter on the other side of the park, which is used by our students, as well as students from other schools. But itÓs an important way in which people can use an alternative to car traffic. Okay, in terms of making some changes to the way traffic flows into the school, based on the County study and recommendations, we have signed on to change the drop-off and pick-up zones on Lindsey Road -. WhatÓs that? (Talking with Mr. Melros okay. Sorry about that. LetÓs see. I want to mention, I want to go back to the gym, that we did reduce the size of the proposed gym from 400 seats to 250 seats. holding any activity, whether itÓs Parker School or non-Parker School, that generates significant traffic over 14 vehicles; weÓve committed not to do that before 6:00 on weekdays and, you know, that reduces the traffic aspect of that. We do still see the gymnasium as primarily a Parker School resource but also a community resource. And so we do remain committed to the notion that it should be available for recreational league play. Parker School teams compete in recreational leagueÓs play. Lots of other teams do as well. There is a real limitation on available gym space in town and we do believe that that ought to be continued to be the case. And there are other things, there are other events that would come up periodically in town Î the Cherry Blossom Festival, etc. etc. Î what we think, you know, use of our gym would be advisable. We do also have a commitment to the community, we live in the community, and I donÓt think youÓre going to be seeing rock concerts staged in the Parker School gymnasium and, I mean, but IÓm not really trying to be facetious here; I guess what IÓm trying to say is that the school has a history of appropriate use of its facilities it makes available to the community, and I would certainly stand behind the kind of rental policy that we have fo generate noise in any significant degree or community intrusiveness. But we do feel that, as a community school we believe that our gymnasium should be a community resource to that degree and so we have, although quite understandably I think some of our immediate neighbors would prefer that we limit use only to Parker School, we feel that we have a community responsibility to go beyond that. Okay. All right. So back to the drop-off and pick-up on Lindsey, letÓs see, okay, there is a flow of traffic that needs to occur, you know, throughout the middle of Waimea, and part of that flow of traffic involves having sidewalks to walk on. And one of the more dangerous areas in Waimea at the current time is the area where our sidewalk ends, up Lindsey Road, and then making a right turn on KapiÒolani; there is an encroachment of shrubbery and a rather limited area betwee road and the edge of property Î better, by the way, thanks to Public Works, but still there. And we are committed to doing a real sidewalk Î the kind thatÓs raised and people will actually use when itÓs been raining Î and that should go from the existing campus around to where the entrance to the middle school, as well as the lower school, is located. So we think that that particular sidewalk will be good for the community, as well as for Parker School, and it begins the process of developing adequate sidewalk space. We do not envision any school traffic down KapiÒolani beyond that entrance to the lower school and middle school; that would be the sole entrance to the school campus on KapiÒolani. We would maintain the, thereÓs, right now there is a wonderful rock wall thatÓs overgrown and makes it impossible to enter the campus and other places Î we like that. We would keep that. And any other movement through the campus would be internal rather than along KapiÒolani beyond that point. Okay. So the crosswalk area in front 8 EXHIBIT A