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LILLY/LEE: I do. <br />HENKEL: Thank you. Now you can say your name and proceed. <br />LILLY: Okay. <br />HENKEL: Before you go, did you get the conditions that were added? <br />LILLY: Yes, yes, we did. <br />HENKEL: Thank you. <br />LILLY: My name is Olani Lilly, I promise. And, I'm the principal at Ka `Umeke K5'eo. <br />LEE: My name is Louisa Lee, and I'm the director of operations at Ka `Umeke K5'eo. <br />HENKEL: I've got to say. I really support Hawai`i's public charter schools for the unique <br />opportunities they offer students, and I've had the great pleasure of working in an urban <br />environment at a charter school in Downtown Hilo, and it, it's challenging and it's also really <br />interesting and beneficial. I know you're close to a lot of green space around there, too, the <br />kids have access to with the new ballfields and the proximity to Bay Front and stuff so. <br />LILLY: We, I guess last year. Our original home was at Keaukaha Elementary School. We've <br />been there for thirty years and then we were, we needed to move and so we did a hustle and this, <br />as we looked out into Hilo, we wanted to remain in Keaukaha because within our mission, it <br />states that Keaukaha is our learning laboratory. So, our keiki do a lot of research up and down <br />that coastline. And, so we wanted to remain somewhat close to Keaukaha, but as we looked at <br />all the warehouses out there, none of them were suitable for our students, and so, thankfully, it <br />may be a blessing, the church had to vacate. And, so it was pretty turnkey for us. And, so it was <br />really a no-brainer to move there, and with the help of the Planning Department, we've been able <br />to go through this and this process and get to this point. And, our intent is to move out of there <br />within five years to a permanent campus back in Keaukaha. <br />HENKEL: Very good. Any questions of the Applicants? Okay, you can be seated. <br />LEE: Mahalo. <br />HENKEL: Again, we have no one signed up to testify, so <br />MIYASATO: Sorry, Chair, I just have one question real quickly. Did you have any concerns <br />with any of the conditions or do you accept. <br />LILLY: No. <br />MIYASATO: Okay, thank you. <br />EXHIBIT B <br />4 <br />