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<br />WOODWARD: No, thatÓs fine. <br /> <br />LILLY: I represent KaÒUmeke KÒeo, Hawaiian Immersion Public Charter School, located in <br />Keaukaha. We are in support of this amendment. You have my testimony. I wonÓt say anything <br />more, except that we hope that you support this amendment as well. And I think it has broader <br />implications for charter schools, which are so vibrant on this island. It will probably provide <br />more opportunities for them to be located within the community that they serve. Mahalo. <br /> <br />WOODWARD: Very good. Thank you. Any questions for Ms. Lilly? No. Thank you very <br />much. Yu may be seated. Okay, would somebody like to make a motion? Commissioner <br />Domingo. <br /> <br />DOMINGO: Mr. Chairman, I move for the approval of the submission by the Planning Director <br />with regards to the Zoning Code Amendment. <br /> <br />WOODWARD: Favorable recommendation? <br /> <br />DOMINGO: Yes. <br /> <br />WOODWARD: Okay. We have a second? <br /> <br />KERN: Second. <br /> <br />WOODWARD: Okay. Any discussion? <br /> <br />DOMINGO: Mr. Chairman, I just note that, you know, now weÓre going to permit these schools <br />to be situated in Industrial areas. I think itÓs appropriate cause we have that new zoning <br />designation, the MCX, which provides for commercial uses and industrial uses, combination. So <br />I think this is, it complements each other. <br /> <br />WOODWARD: All right, very good. Madam Director. <br /> <br />LEITHEAD TODD: Just for informational purposes, you know, one of the reasons we included <br />Industrial was the fact that at NELHA there actually is a charter school that has been using its <br />facilities, because not all Industrial is the same; and that one, you know, their students are <br />actually involved with some of the projects there. And then on the Resort, what, where some of <br />this came up was in Keaukaha. There are specific properties that are actually zoned Resort that <br />are not being utilized as resort properties; and because the structures are larger they kind of lend <br />themselves to potential uses of a charter school. One is the ol <br />used just as an office right now for the Charter School, and then the other is the Bay Clinic. And <br />while the property owners are amenable to letting charter schools operate there they were kind <br />of, well, they were hesitant to go and unzone or change the zoning of their properties, because <br />you know how hard it is to get Resort zoning on this island. ThatÓs what prompted this. <br /> <br />3 <br /> EXHIBIT B <br /> <br /> <br />