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GRAHAM:Not directly on traffic but for any of you- I do remember reading, I can€t <br />find it when I look for it right now but I remember reading your material the 2003-2004 Annual <br />Report. And it says in the Annual Report that you folks were- or the Directors, the Board spent <br />the majority in your effort trying to get a good site cause you knew you were going to have to <br />move and it also indicated that you thought you had a site and you had agreements on going and <br />it was about to be finalized. But obviously it didn€t work out so, since you all are being very <br />candid can you explain a little more about- it feels to me like you€re kind of caught in a time <br />pinch. You got a situation which obviously has a big traffic problem and you€re really giving it <br />the best shot you can to try to make it work. <br />MS. WOERNER:Exactly. We had a site picked out south of the school again about a mile <br />and a half south. It was the former Fuku Bonsai Center. That property is owned by John <br />Kobayashi and he also has a permit before you for a storage facility. And his storage facility <br />permit has been I guess contested. So he has sort of put our project on hold. We noticed that we <br />havebeenonholdforabout6monthsfromhimandwemadethedecisionthatifhehadnot <br />signed our lease that we had drawn up and the Special Use Permit that we prepared for that <br />property, if he- cause we needed his signature to turn that in. If he had not signed by December <br />of 2004 that we must begin our search again because we knew that we had to leave the Kahakai <br />campus by school year 05-06; that would be August of 2005. So we had no choice. We had to <br />walk away from that project. He has never refused us nor has he said that he doesn€t want us <br />there but he will not move forward on that project until his storage facility has been resolved and <br />that doesn€t appear to be happening. So that€s why we again, set out to find another site and <br />quite frankly as Kate said it was exhaust to search. We have a lot of parents here that spent <br />many hours out there going to every realtor; they called every realtor in town. We went and <br />looked at multiple properties. Kona is not like some communities where there are empty <br />buildings that are not in use. So, it is very difficult to find a suitable site that is safe for children. <br />Even though we are only 120 students you still need a suitable site for the children. And, when <br />our community benefactor I guess I would call him came forward and said I have a piece of <br />property that might be able to work for you, we were ecstatic. Because it is located where our <br />parents are currently traveling. It would fit our needs. It€s in the right land use area. It€s a safe <br />place for our children and it€s- right now it€s our only hope. <br />GALDONES:Commissioner Alameda? <br />ALAMEDA:I just wanted to follow up again on that pavement issue. I€m just curious <br />would that condition limit you or prevent you if this gets approved, from moving forward with <br />the project? <br />MR. WOERNER:No. <br />GALDONES:Seeing no further questions from the Commissioners, Mr. WOERNER are <br />there any other testimony that you would like to present to us? <br />MR. WOERNER:I have one other condition that I would like to talk about and this is also <br />not a deal breaker for us. But, in Condition 7, there€s a condition to pursue an easement to build <br />an alternative access road and the recommended road is from Kailua View Estates. And we have <br />14 <br />EXHIBIT D <br /> <br />