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SUPPLEMENTAL, BA TFPJAI FrOVlded to the City Council Subject: FW:Issues of Concern - Ponderosa's PropoS eg vie apnn`e Centerpointe Church Property K Date OCT 0 6 2015 From: Sandy Yamaoda [) Sent: Monday, October 05, 2015 5:13 PM To: Maria Hoey; Mayor and City Council Subject: Issues of Concern - Ponderosa's Proposed Rezoning & Development of Centerpointe Church Property Dear Mayor Thorne,Vice Mayor Brown and City Council Members& Members of the Planning Commission: I thought I would send you some more concerns I have about the proposed rezoning and development of the Centerpointe Church property. In response to complaints that may come to you about noise from the Church or loud nighttime music,or from future churches. - I walked the Ironwood Classics neighborhood and talked to homeowner, Nirmal Jain at 1085 Nolan Ct. His home backs up to the Gardens and from his front yard I saw one of the church buildings. I asked him if he ever was disturbed by noise from the church and he said, "Never". - I interviewed Beckie Greene, Community Director for The Gardens at Ironwood. I asked her about rental units,the amenities, costs, parking. I asked her if anyone ever complained about noise. She said "No, but if they had trouble with their next door neighbor,they usually worked it out between themselves." I asked her if anyone had ever complained to her about noise coming from the sprung structure at Centerpointe Church. She said, "No". I asked her about noise from the preschool. She said they did hear the children when they came out at recess but the residents seemed to like that. - Residents have the option of discussing any alleged noise issue with Pastor Barris. Certainly he would want to be a good neighbor. - The church has an Conditional Use Permit and if neighbors are offended they could seek to have that revoked or call the police with complaints. - I had a neighbor who had live-outdoor band and pool parties. He moved away and a quiet family has moved in. Not all neighbors are the same, not all churches are the same. Possible complaints (I have heard this)that some Ironwood residents don't know what kind of church will settle here and "they wouldn't want to give preference to any one religion" - Sounds discriminatory and the recent news article suggesting that Muslims might want to locate here just fans fears. We are happy to sell expensive homes to immigrants often for cash, have them open businesses here, buy cars and goods, have their children excel in our schools but we don't want them to worship here. Sad! About traffic if Centerpointe sold their property to a preschool, daycare, etc. in addition to Montessori - Building houses on this property creates additional traffic on our streets. However, while schools do have to contend with making space for"dropping off' children—they would be dropping off the children and continuing on the way to work. Hence no additional traffic on our streets. I don't know what you call this, perhaps it is"pass through"traffic. So developing the land further for an expanded school would be better option. About the parking design - Ponderosa got the parking issue all wrong at the Gardens and they are really squeezing Montessori with their parking design. Their design benefits the Gardens which they or their investors own. If Montessori wants to grow, it is up to them to "figure out" how to deal with the limited parking and to pay for the study(not fair). If Grandma and Grandpa want to come to Open House or preschool graduation even in the evening and they can't fit in the parent's car that makes parking an issue especially because there is no parking on Busch, Ironwood or streets in this private development. - The change of 13 to 22 additional parking spots for the Gardens reduces the parking allotted to Montessori. It helps the residents but not the school. 1