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Ed Broom: Thank you. My name is Ed Broom. I live on Hawaii Court. Frankly I didn't think this evening would ever come, but we're here. So as Pam mentioned we have been working hand -in -hand with Ponderosa for the last couple of years. I would like to clarify and support what staff said about Valley Trails Homeowners Association. It is defunct. We put together a subset of that organization so to speak. It can best be described now as an advocacy group or social club type of thing. There are no dues. There are no compulsory rules. The leadership is informally formal so there are no elected positions, but obviously some folks do need to rise to the occasion to kind of voice our concerns, get the neighborhood together as a whole and get the different ideas and so forth. So that's kind of the background of where we are. Even though it's referred to in the staff report as the VTHOA or the homeowners association, I just wanted to clarify that's a misnomer. So, we are speaking tonight mainly from that point of view and we are in very much support of this project. It's been a long road. We think that it's time in the evolution of this particular parcel for the church to convert one of their larger assets into capital so they can move elsewhere and grow which is really I'm sure what their intent was all along with this piece of property. History didn't prove that out. The neighborhood was very much opposed to this as you all well know over the years and it's just recently that that attitude has changed a bit and they're more welcoming. We think that Ponderosa has a great plan. We think that the density and design of the plan will work very well and it's a good complement to our neighborhood as a whole. The community room or amenity which seems to be the topic of choice tonight, that really came about from the voice of the neighborhood as a whole. Obviously not everyone agrees to that and we respect those opposing viewpoints, but right now when we look at how we utilize the church building we utilize it now as a place to vote, we utilize it for Scout meetings, we utilize it for community club meetings so when it's said it's the heart of our neighborhood, it really is. It does serve that purpose. When we started thinking about that going away, that left a hole, so that was the genesis for us getting behind the community building. The one thing we would prefer is we would prefer the Lot 11 location which I think is Option 2. We would propose that Lot 11 be the preferred location mainly because of its proximity to the park. If there's going to be a restroom facility, it only makes sense that its closer to the play equipment which is what our residents mentioned would be their preference and their favor. I think some policing issues and concerns have come about through different letters and so forth and that's really we feel a police action and it should be considered but I don't think it should be the deal- breaker in my opinion. Also, we do intend to have further discussion on the City accepting the dedication of the facility. We think Ponderosa has put together a very solid funding plan for not only the day to day operational costs but a small capital improvement fund to handle things over time. The one change we would ask however and I think the two -lot came up— Commissioner Nagler, you brought it up— originally yes, Ponderosa did displace two lots when there were two entry/exits to the project. So what we did is we were trying to come up with a creative way to make this clubhouse work, to make the restrooms contiguous with the park, how could we do that? So we essentially changed the two lots that were displaced by a roadway, made it a single entry/exit and moved those two lots which was Lot 10 and Lot 11. So what we would ask is that we would be allowed Lot 10 as well and that would accommodate off - street parking which we believe would be a requirement of zoning code Chapter 18. We feel PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, August 31, 2016 Page 12 of 58