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large family daycare six months after operation, and to delete the condition encouraging the applicant and neighbors to work together regarding the number of children in the daycare, by taking the following actions: 1. Make the required use permit findings for PDUP-7 as written in the attached Planning Commission staff report; 2. Adopt the draft resolution denying the appeal, thereby approving Case PDUP-7, subject to the modified conditions listed in Exhibit "B." SUMMARY At issue is whether conditional use permit approval to expand Mrs. Sutton's small family home day care for up to eight children into a large family home daycare for up to fourteen children should be upheld. After a lengthy public hearing where neighbors expressed concerns over increased traffic, parking and safety issues, noise, aesthetics, and decreased property values, the Planning Commission approved the application (3-2 vote) with amended conditions of approval. The Commission found that the large family daycare will have minimal impact on surrounding properties, is compatible with the neighborhood, is appropriate with this site, and complies with State law on large family home daycares. The application has been appealed by a neighbor, Beverly Me Williams. In an effort to resolve the neighborhood issues, staff conducted a neighborhood facilitation process with the applicants and several of the neighbors. Although the process was positive in bringing the neighbors together to identifY issues and suggest solutions, the end result was that a compromise acceptable to all parties was not achieved. Therefore, this matter is being brought to the Council for its final determination. Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council: BACKGROUND Patricia Sutton, the owner and resident of 5574 Paseo Navarro, applied for a use permit to expand the existing small family daycare for up to eight children that she currently operates out of her home into a large family daycare for up to fourteen children. The impetus for the expansion was to accommodate two of her existing clients that are pregnant. Both clients would like to be able to send their children to the same daycare provider. The Planning Commission reviewed and approved the application at its meeting of May 25, 2005 with the addition of two conditions of approval. The first requires that a meeting between the appropriate City representative, the neighbors, and the applicants be held every 45 days of the first year of operation to discuss traffic, parking, and noise issues. The second requires the neighbors and the Suttons to be encouraged to work together regarding the number of children SR:05:220 Page 2