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right in the cusp of it. My house is right on the cusp between both- both places and we need to plan for 20 years from now. And how were going to use this land? If this school starts now, K through 5, 5 years from now, maybe shorter they want to move the whole K through 12 over. How is the traffic going to flow in and out? Whats going happen whenwehave the new houses? There- just- it worries me watching how this is going to be developed. And you are entrusted- Im trusting you and Im trusting this Commission to really be good stewards of this land cause we really need you to think about all the 6 and 7 year olds who are going to be trying to walk to school with no sidewalks with all these new cars. So those are some of my concerns, that I think we have to have a coordinated master plan. GALDONES:Thank you very much, Ms. Stimler. Commissioners, do you have any questions of Ms. Stimler? None, thank you. Mr. Mahaney. Mr. Mahaney, have I already sworn you in? MAHANEY:Not yet no. GALDONES:Okay- could you please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tellthetruthonthismatternowbeforetheHawaiiCountyPlanningCommission? MAHANEY:Yes,Ido. GALDONES:Your name and your residence address please. MAHANEY:My name is Mark Mahaney. I live at 65-1236 Puuki Street, Kamuela, nd Hawaii 96743 and my lot is the 2 lot- up in the northeast corner of this adjacent property. GALDONES:You may proceed with your testimony. MAHANEY:Thank you. Im here with some of the neighbors in our neighborhood mainly to object to what I see as a lack of a master plan. In- in its simplest form to look at the plan thats being proposed, it looks pretty innocuous. But as a landscape architect and a planner for 25 years, its what I dont see on the plan that kind of worries me. Number 1, as has been mentioned before, circulation issues are huge in this- in this area. We collectively, all agree as neighbors that we would love to see Parker School there. But we just want to see it developed well, we want to see it developed right and we want it to be a win-win for everyone. This plan hasabigholeinthecenterofit,andcollectivelythispieceoflandshouldntbetakenasan either-or with respect to these 2 applications. Its going to have a collective impact on the neighborhood.Its-its1ofthelargestopenspacepiecesoflandintheneighborhood.Theres no reason why this cant be developed carefully so that it can be enjoyed by everyone. I think everyproject,asIsaid-it-ithastostartoffwithagoodmasterplanandatleasttakesomeshots at whats going to happen with the middle piece of the property. And- and again what I see here is,Iseetheverystartofaschoolwhichcouldbedynamite.ButwhatIdontseeis-iswhats going to happen in the next few years. As this school expands, if theres a ball field, where does theballfieldgoandwhodoesitimpact?Wheredothebusesgoandparkifthereareschool events? You know access to and from the existing facilities, none of this is shown. And to me 19