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intended use with all of its permits and approvals which maintains the existing plan and move forward with greater density, more square footage, higher water use, traffic and this is what they have chosen not to do to be a good neighbor. To reflect that the church is somehow profiting, he wanted to state for the record that they take exception to this kind of comment as they are in no way doing this. Lastly, Pastor Barris reminded the Council that PNI as it relates to churches, churches are allowed to occupy space in other zones. The property they are pursuing would enable them to move to a commercial/industrial location where two other churches are located and be able to continue their ministry. They are intending to be a good neighbor and thinks that the current plan best reflects the needs of the surrounding neighborhood and community at-large. Mayor Thorne closed the public hearing. BREAK The Council took a 10-minute break at 9:22 p.m. and thereafter reconvened the regular City Council meeting at 9:32 p.m. Mr. Beaudin referred to the memorandum and said it is written in two parts. The first was additional information so staff could have an apples-to-apples comparison for water and traffic impacts which is in response to public comments. They focused on the existing development on the site as well as the entitled project which is the 900 seat church and 200 student school use and the proposed application, using 25 units on 100 homes. This was to answer a question during the public comment period leading to this hearing. Staff added the weekend peak hour trip analysis to understand the implications of the church use relative to some other uses. They used a one-hour peak on a Sunday which is 11AM and this is evidenced both in the table and summarized in the memorandum. He said staff also in Part 1 touched on the land designated for community facilities and conducted an overview on the privately available, potentially developable land that is currently public and institutional. This equates to the pie chart in the presentation. The second part of the memorandum was a series of minor revisions and clarifications to the information that was included in the agenda reports. Both sections of this memo were included in Mr. Weinstein's presentation, but it was not combined together. The Council saw project conditions of approval that had to be revised, which were changes Mr. Weinstein referenced pertaining to the operation of the private school and deferring to the state regulations, as well as the one change to the Affordable Housing Agreement where 26 units was inadvertently added when it should be 25 units, as well as other minor changes to the conditions which are non-substantive but needed in the record for the hearing. Mr. Beaudin said he could answer any questions regarding the numbers or content of the memo. Councilmember Olson pointed out that for a number of weeks, knowing this project was coming up there has been uncertainty as to whether he needed to recuse himself based on the fact that he lives in the Village at Ironwood. He noted a letter was sent outlining the nature of the project, concerns, his residence location, and the FPPC opined yesterday that he did not have to recuse himself on the matter. Councilmember Olson said he thinks it is important that this area remain residential. The area around it is residential. The impact on traffic for those residences will be minimal. It is a small project and he thinks the church is to be congratulated on deciding to keep this to create the property as residential and requesting the change in zoning. The fact that the church is selling to a home builder rather than another church tells him that the highest and best use for this property is for residential and he did not think the church should be criticized for deciding to sell for a price that makes more sense to them. He takes the pastor's word that they are not making money on this deal. For the surrounding neighborhoods, it is best that it become residential. City Council Minutes Page 16 of 28 October 6, 2015