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informed the applicant of the concern and the applicant is going to address that during their presentation, however, we have been led to believe that they are going to be meeting with this specific property owner to address that concern. The neighborhood information meeting, the -only comment staff received with respect to the development of this site was the question and concern about the erection of ball field lights and other lights around the athletic fields. You will note from the site plan that none are proposed. If the applicant wishes to add them, that would be from my standpoint a modification to this project, which would require therm to come back before the County Board of Commission through an SUP modification to add them at a later date. It is not something that I believe staff can approve administratively. So, for practical and technical purposes, none are being proposed, none can be installed until this Board takes action on the request. As I indicated, the applicant has their own presentation. Unless you have any immediate questions from me, I'm going to suggest the applicant come up and make their presentation to the Board. Joe Marian (Attorney for Carolina Friends School): Good evening, my name is Joe Marian, and I have been duly sworn. I am the attorney for Carolina Friends School and. have been so for almost 20 years. I have practiced in Durham and Orange County for more than 30 years. I'm going to try to say as little as possible and hand the ball as quickly as I can to the people that have done the work here. It has been a two to three-year process. We especially want to commend Michael Harvey for his time and efforts and patience and responsiveness to the many questions that have come up to get us to the point where we are today, because it certainly has been a give and take process, both within the school and determining what the needs were, and then with the County as to how to best implement those needs. As you will see in this much shorter packet that I think you have from Carolina Friends School, on the second page are the specific Special Use Permit Required Findings. Without belaboring those, I'm sure you're familiar with them, but we feel that we have addressed all four of those in the submissions that have been already submitted to the Board here as well as what follows when we give you specific details about the various plans on board. Who is here from the school and will speak, just so you know kind of what's coming, Mike Hanas is the Principal of the Carolina Friends School and has been for five or six years and before that was the Head Teacher. He is here very briefly to give you an idea of what triggered this process -what our needs are and what the Carolina Friends School is about. Then Ellen Weinstein, the architect and Tony Whitaker, the Civil Engineer, who really did the nuts and bolts of this proposal, are here to walk you through it to the extent you need any explanation as to the particulars.. We also have other officials and board members here. I would point out especially that Peter and Martha Hoffer are here, who are Carolina Friends School's benefactors. They started the school over 40 years- ago with a donation of land .and their donations of land and time and resources has continued for more than 40 years and they're here tonight in case there are any questions arising and in support of the school. There are special people at the school.. With that overview, I'll turn it over to Mike Hanas. Mike will give the brief description of our needs. Mike Hanas: Good evening, my name is -Mike Hanas. I do serve as Principal of the Carolina Friends School. I have been sworn in. }more often like to identify myself as the tallest student at Carolina Friends School. This process has been one of many good examples of learning. that has gone on for me as well as for members of my community. We are a school community fast approaching a 50'h anniversary. We were founded nearly 50 years ago by members of the Durham Friends meeting and the Chapel Hill Friends meeting who set out to establish an