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community asset. Your decisions today will be based in part on that but also on how well the school has addressed a host of community issues, historical preservation, water availability and in particular highway access. I will explore those- some of those concerns shortly but first I would like to present 4 points that I think are worthy of reflection during these deliberations. Number 1, the students attending Innovations are public school students. The new site will not create more students, it will redistribute students. Secondly, Innovations family is not a land developer. It is a group of teachers, parents and students seeking a site for their public school. A new school campus will not generate a need for additional infrastructure as might a new housing development. It will lessen the burden on already busy school campus. A new site will not require adding government infrastructure, it is additional infrastructure. Thirdly, this is a small school. It is not 1500 students, its not 800 students, its not 550 students, its a 120 students. And it will be so next year. Though the waiting list is long and the teachers and the local school board have chosen to support an atmosphere that nurtures deep and rich student success and that can best be accomplished in a small school. Finally, it is important to look at the long term- say 10yearsdowntheroadwhenyoureconsidering,aswellastheshortterm,whenyoure considering the impact of todays decision. How well does this school fit into the long range plans of Kona. Viewed in that way the wisdom of approving this application appears even more evident. Now Id like to address specific concerns. Historical preservation- we are working on a site and you saw it in the picture which has been previously bull dozed and is currently lawn, cattle pasture and land thats underneath existing structures. Wastewater management- we have a wastewater engineer whos designed a septic system that will take care of our needs on site. Domestic water- the Water Department has enough water available for us. We will need to upgrade the existing system of water on the site but we are willing to do that. And last and most critically as everyone has agreed is the traffic issue, ingress and egress. What will be the impact on the highway traffic? There have been some expressed concerns. What about through traffic will it be a 25 mph school zone? Its currently 55 along that stretch of road. Will there be 80 more cars on the highway slowing traffic? How will South-bound parents get turned around? That even got asked earlier. And, so Id like to take a look at some maps and talk and discuss a few of these issues with you. (Long pause) Okay, is it okay if I just? Are we still okay over here? Ill do the best I can turn it part way. Okay this is- as pointed out before this is Queen Kaahumanu Highway. This is Hualalai Road. This is Kailua View Estates. And the property is the green property- this is the current location of the school on the Kahakai campus right here. So the school is moving from approximately 1 to 1 and 1/3 mile in a straight line. Its about a mile north and about a third of a mile to the east. The property is located on the Queen Kaahumanu Highway and I- this is essentially a blow up of the same thing but I wanted to get you oriented for where we were. So the property is a 5 acre piece and you can see from the picture thats up there that the infrastructure thats in is right up here at the top and it is approximately 600 feet up the driveway or 500 feet/550 feet in a straight line. Im going to come back and use this in just a minute. 7 EXHIBIT D