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Michael Fiocco: Good evening. My name is Michael Fiocco, and I'm a partner with Civil Consultants, and our firm 220 <br />has likewise been working with Friends School for the last 30 years, and given our presentation 221 <br />this evening, we're focusing on a 15-year growth plan. When we approached staff to discuss 222 <br />methods of how to go about doing that, we were advised, and we agree that the best way to do 223 <br />that was to consolidate the zoning which is currently split, into a single zoning district, and that that 224 <br />district be the non-residential conditional district, which would not be subject to SUP, which is a 225 <br />difficult cumbersome process by which to grow your school, or your land projects. We've 226 <br />embraced that and have put together the package for you tonight with all the conditions that we 227 <br />developed through working with staff, and we would be thankful, and ask for your positive 228 <br />recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners, and we can take any questions that you 229 <br />have. 230 <br /> 231 <br />Lamar Proctor: All right thank you. I'll start down here. Meg, any questions? 232 <br /> 233 <br />Meg Millard: Okay. I guess first I'm supposed to disclose that I am a former Friends School student myself, 234 <br />went there in the '60s, and both my kids went there, and my niece, and my sister, and my brother, 235 <br />but nobody's going there right now. I do have one question, the second entrance. Would that run 236 <br />a road straight back to the new high school? Is that the idea to have high school traffic enter one 237 <br />way. 238 <br /> 239 <br />Ellen Weinstein: Yes. So, where the arrow is at the bottom, the grey line, there's a gravel road there now. It's a 240 <br />service road. It would be improved, and that road heads north, and then it curves, and it will be 241 <br />access for upper school students, and potentially also for the early school, so splitting drop-off, 242 <br />and pick up. 243 <br /> 244 <br />Meg Millard: And where are the closest houses? How would they be impacted, the neighbors. 245 <br /> 246 <br />Ellen Weinstein: Well right now everyone comes off of Friends School Road, and this actually splits almost 50/50, 247 <br />the number of folks entering. 248 <br /> 249 <br />Meg Millard: Okay. 250 <br /> 251 <br />Michael Fiocco: All right, thank you, that's state, and let me just mention, that that it is an existing gravel road 252 <br />today, and in working with the fire department, they're looking for a more durable surface, so that's 253 <br />where the pavement comes in. 254 <br /> 255 <br />Lamar Proctor: Steve, you got any questions? 256 <br /> 257 <br />Steve Kaufmann: I'm going to pass right now. 258 <br /> 259 <br />Lamar Proctor: All right. Whitney? 260 <br /> 261 <br />Whitney Watson: I have one question. I noticed that you held a neighborhood information meeting. Could you 262 <br />share the results, the comments, the kinds of questions that came up at that meeting? 263 <br /> 264 <br />Chris Johnston: I'd like to second that. 265 <br /> 266 <br />Michael Fiocco: It was a very positive meeting, and the one comment that we took away was concerns about 267 <br />lighting. 268 <br /> 269 <br />Whitney Watson: Light? 270 <br /> 271 <br />Michael Fiocco: Yes, lightning. 272 <br /> 273 <br />10