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those are very, very, very important pieces to the whole puzzle as a comprehensive picture of- of how this comes together. I think that- again space planning with respect to uses from a master planning perspective, this plan puts most of the impact on existing residence. A general planfor- for any intense in purposes usually tries to put like uses next to like uses. We have busy areas of the site, we have other residential areas ofthe site. And I think from a master planning perspective it needs to be looked at in greater detail where this is all headed and what uses are going to be most compatible to other adjacent uses. Lets see here- as most of you know we have- we have a wonderful park right down at the corner of Lindsey and Kawaihae. The park gets heavily used and its wonderful to see it. The weekend impacts when we have ball games and what not there are- you know its wonderful to see that volume of use there. Parking is an issue, circulation is an issue. We also have another 40 homes that are being proposed to be built right across the street from Puuki Street. Again another acceptable use. But we look at it from the collective impact of- of whats happening on that side oftheroadandwhatsbeingproposedontheothersideofus.Sowereconcernedaboutthat. Again collectively- as this site gets built out- if it were proposed to be a school what is the true impact long term when theres a gym, theres ball fields, theres weekend activities, theres buses, theres other schools that are bringing students in? What is the impact of- of the corner of Lindsey and Kawaihae Roads? Again, all in all, I think the most important thing from- from our perspective is that we would love to see a comprehensive master plan done for this. It doesnt have to be exact. It can be generic to a certain degree because not everybody knows whats going to happen with the land. Wed love to see how these pieces fit together at ultimate build out as best we can. And I think in- in accordance with that we also need to see what the potential ultimate traffic impacts are going to be to our neighborhood. Those 2 things are huge. Everybody in the neighborhood will support this school all day long but we need to work together with it. Thats all Ive got. GALDONES:Thank you, Mr. Mahaney. Commissioners, any question of Mr. Mahaney. If not, thank you. Ms. Packett, you have already been sworn in and youre still under oath. You may proceed with your testimony. PACKETT:Thank you. As a citizen of Hawaii and a resident of the- the Big Island I entrust all of you to make decisions not just for myself but for the good of this entire island- for all the residence. Infrastructure has been in the paper, you have taken a big hit for many decisions based on infrastructure. And I think that is really one of the big issues here. There are no sidewalks, we have blind curves, we have a dangerous situation existing for pedestrians. The only reason someone has not been killed in my opinion is because there is minimal traffic on these roads. Mr. Vitousek has said that we are dealing perhaps with 400 feet of traffic and I say maybe, but we cannot predict the driving habits of people coming to this school. I live right on Hokuula so I see everyone who drives up and down that road, and I see everyone who walks up and down that road. My- my house is right there. I see students going to Parker School, High School right now, that drive by my house. I dont know where theyre coming from and why theyre taking that road but they zip down there and then I assume come around the corner. I 20