2014-05-01HEARINGTRANSCRIPT-CONNECTIONSCBESSSPP12-138

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Although I cannot be there for this meeting, thank you for allowing me to present my testimony.” Next one is, the next one is from Donald Ikeda. “Thank you for allowing me to provide a few comments on the applicant’s request for a special use permit. No one can deny that education is a fundamental need. No one can deny that a school that serves the needs of non-traditional and/or special needs students is a good thing. But also, no one can argue that any entity entering into an established community should tread carefully and make a whole-hearted and honest effort to be a good neighbor. This means a school, a business, or even another resident. When you come into a community, you must remember that you are the new guy and show respect for those who are there before you. No chest thumping, no bullying, or browbeating. Connections Charter School and its representatives have failed this miserably. If this were a test, the school officials and representatives would have D’s and F’s. Commissioners might also want to review their files and refer to all minutes of DLNR meetings regarding the transgressions of the school administrators and the results of the DLNR investigations that were necessary due to these transgressions. I would like to ask that this Commission listen very closely to the concerns of the surrounding community and to listen to their statements regarding the ongoing actions, misrepresentations, and other un-neighborly acts by the school, its officials, and its representatives. I would further ask that this Commission take time to read the applicant’s petition, all versions completed to date, very carefully, and if you have not already done so, take the time to research and confirm each of the carefully worded ascertations made by the school officials and representatives. This carefully crafted document is full of half-truths and unfulfilled promises, such as water, traffic mitigation, temporary housing, staffing, parcel size actually necessary for planned activities, etc. I would like to suggest that the school and its representatives be held accountable on a regular and frequent basis if they are allowed to proceed. I would further suggest that unless proof can be made of the fulfi-, excuse me, fulfillment of promises and ascertations set forth by the school and its representatives, no progress be allowed until the promises and ascertations are fulfilled.” Gotta read real fast. “I would like to highlight a few concerns that would cause me to think allowing the school to go forward without imposing strict conditions upon the school and its officials and representatives. My concerns are water credits, traffic mitigation. The dormitory was first explained to the community to be used only occasionally, so the occasional visiting foreign student or student groups would have a place to stay for a few days. This expanded into occasional use also by visiting faculty and other guests of the school. The dormitory usage is now further expanded into longer stays by multiple groups. It is easy to understand that the school intends to use the dormitory on a regular, if not, full-time basis. The school and its representatives have stated that it will not use a septic system to dispose of its wastewater, human and animal waste, but instead will create a 12,000 square foot holding area to collect all the wastewater products and treat them environmentally. In the meantime, the residents in the surrounding areas will have, will be exposed to vermin, bugs, contamination, 11 EXHIBIT F