2012-11-09 Windward Transcript Connections

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and standing in the community, like David Miranda, like Dr. Fred Stone, to essentially show individuals like you on the Commission that we’re walking it like we talk it. This is not, and I’m certainly not, and my client is not, some big bucks developer telling locals one thing and then doing another. We are trying to promote good local jobs for local working families, from construction to electrical, with respect to all aspects of this campus. And we’re asking the Commission to agree that we’ve complied with all procedural requirements that any other developer has had to comply with and to allow us to go o to the State Land Use Commission for approval of our new campus. I’d like to introduce Celia She, a senior planner with Will Chee and Associates, who will discuss some of the conceptual aspects of this campus. Celia? KERN: Before we begin, can I swear you in? Is it Shen? SHEN: Shen. KERN: Shen. Can I get you to, could you use the microphone, please. And raise your right hand. Do you swear to tell the truth today before the Windward Planning Commission? SHEN: Yes. KERN: Very good, thank you. (Mr. Hong conferred with the staff off the record at this time.) LEITHEAD TODD: For the members of the public that are wondering what all the little conferring is, we’re discussing procedural issues as to what has to be made part of the record, if this is part of the presentation to the Planning Commission, so how we’re going to number it, what’s going to be included. So that’s what’s going on in the background as people go up and have discussions. KERN: Thank you for that, Madam Director. Are you, as far as yours -? SHEN: Good morning. Again, my name is Celia Shen. I’m with Will Chee Planning. Our firm along with Urban Works, which is an architectural firm, have been assisting Connections with developing sort of the planning and architectural concepts for the new campus up in Kaūmana. Jeff gave you a brief overview of the campus. And I’d just like to go into a little bit more detail and kind of show you some of the concepts that are being developed for this new school. So if you look here, this will be Exhibit 4, is that correct? DARROW: Sure. SHEN: Again, this is kind of an overview of the property. This is the upper parcel and this is the lower parcel. And, again, all of the major school facilities are being planned for the lower parcel. And this is Exhibit 3, and this is a blowup of the lower parcel. So, again, at this stage, we’re in the very early stages of designing this campus. This is just a conceptual plan. And I’ll just kind of give you a quick tour of how this campus is laid out. This group of buildings here are the elementary school classroom buildings. This building here, No.7, would be the 11 EXHIBIT A