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Further, there is no signal at the intersection of Stoneridge and Stone Pointe Way, thereby forcing parents to make a left-hand turn without the use of a signal. Mr. Norton feels the entrance and exit should be located on Stoneridge Drive with a break being made in the existing median. He also feels the Stone Pointe Way intersection should be signalized if that is where the entrance is ultimately located. Mr. Norton does not feel the traffic impact was done well with respect to the uses existing in the area and the future connection to El Charro. He feels this parcel should be used for single- family residences. Barbara Jarnigan, 3813 Stone Pointe Way, is concerned about the school access on Stone Pointe Way. It is too much of a burden to put on the residents of the neighborhood. The making of U- turns should not be an issue in this application. The burden will also be on the residents to pursue parking violations. She also had questions whether plays, games, fund raising, full-school parent meetings would not to be held after 6 p.m. What does Saturday maintenance involve? Does this mean all the parents come to the school to work? Ms. Jarnigan is very opposed to the Stone Pointe access. Gina Cardera, 3813 Mohr Avenue, has a daughter attending ELI. They support the school project and came to hear why people don't want their school at this location. Meg Houghton, 3056 Briggs Court, supports this project; she has a daughter attending ELI. This school is very different from a public school, and this is not clearly understood by all. The drop off time period is from 7 to 9 a.m. and school is let out from 4 to 6 p.m. The vast majority of families are two working parent families. They cannot drop their children off, they must physically sign their children in and out. Field trips are either on chartered or public buses. Parents are not needed to ~ attend the field trips so there would not be a large influx of parents and traffic during field trips. U-turns are not a problem for her to get her children to the school. She hopes the City does not turn down a facility that opens its arms to our children. Angela Conti-Harding, 3804 Stone Pointe Way, is opposed to U-turns and Saturday maintenance. She lives directly across from the school and she will not be able to escape the impact of the school-- traffic, density, noise, field trips, exhaust fumes. She is not opposed to education or ELI, she is concerned about the impact to her lifestyle with over 400 cars a day that she must avoid to get in and out of her home. This is a safety issue for her. There are 18 letters in support of the application (primarily from the parents of students and Hacienda) and over 300 neighborhood signatures opposing the school in their neighborhood. The residents don't want this school affecting their quality of life and the character of their neighborhood. She is afraid she will have a loss of privacy. Ms. Conti-Harding spoke about accidents in the neighborhood even before the elementary school and extension of Stoneridge are opened. They have been notified by a real estate agent that property values will decrease with the addition of the school project. Please listen to the neighbors who live in the neighborhood; they do not want this business in their neighborhood. Robert Harding, 3804 Stone Pointe Way, feels the entrance driveway on the corner will become a danger zone. At the time of their house purchase, they were told about the extension of Stoneridge and the public elementary school. However, they were not told about the possibility of this school. If they had been, they would not have purchased their particular home. They assumed homes would be built on the corner. He believes fewer people will be interested in buying his home if it is located next to a school. A letter from a real estate agent advised that the value of the homes nearest the Planning Commission Minutes Page 5 .'ebruary 26, 1997