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<br /> 1 like to, first and foremost, really just address the findings of fact. They may be listed in your
<br /> 2 packets on a certain page. I know your packets are pretty full. But on our narrative, they were
<br /> 3 on the second page of our narrative. In number one, there was the Public Health Safety and
<br /> 4 Welfare. We are proposing a school, there's nothing dangerous about the use as a school.
<br /> 5 You know some may say, "well you're going to bring a school into a community." Sometimes if
<br /> 6 it's a new use, you may worry about crime and children's safety, etc. The fact that the School
<br /> 7 has been there since '87 1 think speaks to the fact that the use as a school on this property is
<br /> 8 not a concern, or it's not an adverse impact, so the Public Health Safety and Welfare of the
<br /> 9 general public surrounding. Like I said, the DOT comments and concerns were the biggest item
<br /> 10 to address, which we have done. And you should see their approval. I think in the email they
<br /> 11 have said they are okay with us to proceed on to a more detailed site plan level.
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<br /> 13 The next finding of fact was that the "use would maintain, or enhance, the value of contiguous
<br /> 14 properties." I will let Mr. Vick Knight speak to that effect. I would say our thought all along, as
<br /> 15 we developed this master plan, was we definitely didn't want to get to this point and say, well
<br /> 16 somebody say, "it's going to affect my property in an adverse way." But our thinking the whole
<br /> 17 time, and our justification would be that I'm sure several houses in that area have sold since the
<br /> 18 use of the property in '87, and there's nothing new. It's just an expansion of an existing use. So
<br /> 19 it's not a new use on a new site, but an existing use.
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<br /> 21 Lastly, "that the location and character of the use if developed as approved, or submitted, would
<br /> 22 be in harmony with the area in which it's to be located." I would say that and you know, again —
<br /> 23 the fact that it's an existing school, and it's been used as that since —going on thirty years now
<br /> 24 —would speak to the fact that it's in harmony with the area. And per Mr. Viles presentation,
<br /> 25 you'll see that they try to blend in with their existing environment, with the master planning and
<br /> 26 with the previous development. With the way the School is formatted and just go in and blanket
<br /> 27 grade the whole site or masquerade the whole site. It's a right steep topography in that area,
<br /> 28 and they went in and just blended with the environment, just like their surrounding residential
<br /> 29 homes and subdivisions that are in there. Like I said, we have also spoken to the specific
<br /> 30 standards of evaluation, and I'd be happy, at the conclusion, to address any questions you may
<br /> 31 have regarding that. Usually schools are somewhat challenging sometimes, when you go into
<br /> 32 an area but the fact that this is an existing use helps cover a lot of that ground, in my opinion.
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<br /> 34 So, with that said, I did have the map shown and along with several other colored versions
<br /> 35 along with the traffic plan, since your prints are not in color, and because of the legibility, may be
<br /> 36 diminished. Should you have questions, I can scroll to those, and I would additionally like for
<br /> 37 these PDF versions of this to be entered into the record, as well as everything else we've
<br /> 38 submitted in the staff's packet.
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<br /> 40 Pete Hallenbeck: Are there any questions from the Board members, for the applicant? Yes.
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<br /> 42 Commissioner Dorosin: Other than the colors on these, is there anything different than what
<br /> 43 we've already got?
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<br /> 45 Chad Abbott: No, Sir. We thought it best to— and in case some of the public had questions of
<br /> 46 what's new, what's not. So on —what the screen you have before you, the red buildings are the
<br /> 47 new buildings. We put a legend on the side of the plans for you guys to see what was
<br /> 48 proposed. They're labeled P buildings, E is for existing. And this is just a colored version of
<br /> 49 what you had to help with the Public and anybody else that had any questions.
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