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needed to allow for safe pickup and drop off. He continued that staff took into account the pretty significant reduction in parking from that earlier project and determined that 120 students for enrollment at the school was a reasonable baseline to start with. He added that if an increase in enrollment is proposed, staff would go out to the project site, look at how the school is operating, and then potentially increase enrollment from there. He stated that 120 students was the maximum number staff was comfortable with allowing on this project site, based on the parking constraints and the other uses that were being proposed, and the fact that the school is currently licensed for 120 students. Commissioner Nagler noted that if the Commission theoretically were to recommend to the Council approval of the application as presented, the school would be approved for a larger enrollment number. Mr. Weinstein replied that was correct. He indicated that the enrollment could ultimately increase to 294 students, but that would be subject to traffic analysis. Commissioner Piper asked for examples of what kinds of activities would be included on a passive recreational area. Mr. Weinstein replied that a passive recreational area would typically be a place where people can walk or rest, which might include benches and tables, as opposed to soccer fields or badminton and bocce ball courts. Commissioner Piper inquired if it could include a tot lot. Mr. Weinstein replied that tot lots would probably be considered more active. Commissioner O'Connor inquired if a par course could be considered more active. Mr. Beaudin replied that a par course is typically one person moving from station to station and it might be just one station at one specific location. He indicated that it might actually still be passive because it would not have a group of people congregating around a piece of equipment. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. Pamela Hardy, Senior Land Planning Manager for Ponderosa Homes, stated that also present were Jeff Schroeder, Ponderosa Homes' Senior Vice President of Land Planning and Acquisitions, Pastor Mike Barris from the Centerpointe Church as co- applicant, and other Centerpointe Church congregation members. She indicated that Pastor Barris would speak first on his component of the applications, and then she would talk about the other issues staff raised. Pastor Mike Barris, Pastor of Centerpointe Church, stated that he is an 18 -year resident of the community. He noted that some of the Church leaders and congregation members are present tonight, and as a faith community of 250 households, the Church PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, August 12, 2015 Page 4 of 34