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of impact. And nearly 85 percent of the residents on Edita Street, and 70 percent within 500 feet,
<br />are saying it’s adverse.
<br />When you talk about noise, we all know it’s a very tranquil residential area. People bought
<br />properties with the expectation it was going to be kept in that same tranquil residential
<br />environment. And with the traffic associated from the school activities and the school, there will
<br />be added noise.
<br />The community is also concerned about the real property impact and the possible lower real
<br />estate value resulting from the diminished quality of life. So collectively then, you know, they
<br />all translate to adverse impacts to surrounding properties. The level of impacts and quality of
<br />life, as I mentioned earlier, are really, are perceptual and not necessarily statistical. The question
<br />then, that’s the reason why you have public hearings, who can best determine an adverse impact?
<br />Is it the outsider or the persons who will be most impacted? You know, I just use an analogy
<br />where you have like this, you have a shoe, and, you know, who knows where the “shoe
<br />pinches”? An outsider can say, nah, it doesn’t, you know, “it’s not sore.” But on the other hand
<br />if you were wearing the shoe, you’re going to say, “I’ll tell you where it’s sore.” And the
<br />community for the most part is saying, “It’s sore.”
<br />Now this conclusion about the adverse impact is not necessarily only limited to the people who
<br />have testified or people who have signed the petition, but it’s also shared with the Police
<br />Department. This is what the Police Department stated in their comments, “The proposed school
<br />is being placed in a residential area that will likely effect (sic) the quality of life for residents that
<br />border this proposed site. There will be an increase in noise, crime and traffic.”
<br />AU: Mr. Fuke, can you sum it please.
<br />FUKE: Oh, get plenty more. Can I just get just -.
<br />PUBLIC: I’ll just give you my time.
<br />AU: I’ll give you two more minutes.
<br />FUKE: Okay. Well, about traffic and infrastructure burden, can you move on, the next one.
<br />Okay, in terms of like the water, they talk about 26,100, you know, to answer Commissioner
<br />Gonzales’s question, you know, the total requirement, this is based on the environmental
<br />assessment application, they said they need 26,100, they’ve got only 4,200, which is 16 percent
<br />of the total. But based on what the guy’s, the consultant is saying today, they might need like
<br />about 100 gallons per day per student. So that translates to only 42 students. So the question is
<br />what is before the appli -, what is the Commission considering today? Are we considering like a
<br />small school, or a big school, or what? Because to do over and beyond 4,200 gallons per day,
<br />what the Water Department is saying, it’s not a question of the transmission issue, but it’s a
<br />question of source. And to do a new well, a new source is going to cost you like about
<br />$1,000,000, $1,500,000. That has to be put into the equation of the overall project development.
<br />You can skip on police and fire, drainage, waste water.
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