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three years of age. Ms. Phillips stated her license has no restriction to age, but to appease the neighbors, she restricted herself to three years of age. However, she would like to have the age restriction set at four years of age. In response to Chairman Wright, Ms. Phillips advised that both she and her husband work at the day care full time. However, to keep his health benefits, Mr. Phillips does need to work his trade a minimal amount every quarter. She further noted that she has other assistants who work daily, as well as an ROP student program. All personnel are state-approved assistants. Students 18 years or younger do not have to be state-approved. Ed Rouquette, 3436 Windsor Ct., spoke to his past experience when the applicant operated a day care years ago. He believes at that time she was in violation in many instances. He believes she had more than 20 children at the home and things were out of control. They have found children in their backyard and garage. They do not want that situation again. There were also times when cars were double and tripled parked in front of their home. Mr. Rouquette feels the applicants are pushing too fast to get to 12 children. He proposed they must operate for one year with six children before being granted a license for 12 children. He also commented that at every meeting the number of children has increased from 8 to 10 and now to 12. Commissioner McGuirk clarified that the instances of the children in the garage and backyard and the stacking of cars in the street occurred years earlier during her first day care operation. Hannelore Homorody, 3409 Blakemore Ct., lives behind the Phillips and is concerned about the noise level of 12 children playing in the back yard for up to 4 1/2 hours every day. They selected their home because it was peaceful and they love to be in their backyard. The speaker questioned if the Commissioners would like to have 12 children next to their backyards. Ms. Homorody also advised that her neighbor has also expressed his concern to her regarding the noise level. Chairman Wright clarified that the speaker lives behind the applicants with a greenbelt area in between the properties. Marvin Siders, 3431 Windsor Ct., stated the staff report indicated approximately 50 vehicle trips would be generated by this day care operation. He feels this is a significant amount of additional traffic. At the meeting with Mr. Iserson, several agreements were reached, i.e., restriction to ten children and a six month performance review. He feels it is reprehensible now that those agreements are changed. Mr. Siders also observed that due to the amount of traffic generated now, he believes they have more than six children at the home, and if they are granted 12 children, they may go well beyond that number. Planning Commission Minules Page 4 February 8, 1995