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potentially greater uses. And itÓs been, you know, IÓve been very involved in discussions of other uses, which would be m uch greater in density potential uses on that side of the school So you know, I think traffic is the main issue and absolutely traffic is a problem. But we are right in the center of town, and I think somehow we all need to accommodate it. A lot of the commuter traffic comes up by my street right up Lailai and goes down HkÒula and comes down Lindsey both to service Parker School and the HPA middle and lower school just to accommodate the turning movements. But in spite of, you know, all these problems, I think, I know there is some progress, and I just want to point out a few things. Regionally the Saddle Road project is growing like gangbusters and when itÓs complete, or even today, itÓs going to have a dramatic effect on cross-island traffic and the traffic coming through Waimea. The Parker Ranch connector road will be complete in a matter of months, which will provide another key linkage. The Mmalahoa improvements that the County has planned, I believe, will start early next year, which will improve traffic flow in town. Waimea Elementary and Middle School made a dramatic, or made some changes that are dramatic effect on improving traffic flow through town in terms of addressing their drop-off and pick-up and taking that off the highway, which was basically on Mmalahoa Highway Î basically it was the school parking lot for the last 50 or 60 years. And the Trails and Greenways Project which Jeff and Carl have talked about is going to make a significant addition in terms of the ability of people to walk and bike around town. The school has designated staggered-hours, which is a big help in staggering traffic. And a couple of other things that are going on regionally I want to point out is the County is planning a new regional park, which is going to be sort of off their connector road adjacent to the Parker Ranch headquarters. When that regional park is going to be built, and you know, I donÓt know when but IÓm confident that it will be, that will take a lot of pressure off of the one existing park, which is right in this neighborhood. And HawaiÒi Preparatory Academy has a long range plan to relocate the lower and middle school to their upper campus; the timing is very uncertain, but weÓre not going to be growing quickly either, and IÓm confident that in the next five to ten years, fifteen years, that school will be relocated to the upper campus, which will have a dramatic positive effect on school traffic within this area. So I just wanted to point some of those things out, you know, from a regional context, from a neighborhood context. And thank you very much for your consideration and hopefully you can figure out a way to support this obligation to help the school grow with the community. Thank you. WATANABE: Fellow Commissioners, do we have any questions of Mr. Ray? Seeing none, then this might be a convenient point to take a quick break. LetÓs take about ten minutes, and then we can reconvene and have Public Works address some of your concerns, and take testimony from the public. So weÓll stand in recess for about ten minutes. RECESSEDThe Chair called a recess at 11:05 a.m. RECONVENED The meeting reconvened at 11:21 a.m. EXHIBIT A 26