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Staff recommended some minor amendments to the application as follows: 1 . Add the t-ollowing sentence at the end of Condition No- 5: "Thc~ dc.ri~n rc~vzc~w ro osaZ shall include but shuZl not be Limited to rradire ~ arki~z ~ Zoc Zi ~hlira > and narking desC~n-" 2. Dal etc Condition No. 9 regarding Phases i7 expansion plan submittal- 3. Modify the first sentence of Condition No_ 26 as follows= "Prior to the issuance of a building permit, the project developer °-'--~-" -- ~-~ `=~- --" - ~ '~-' = ~'-~~ = -'=~-~-~'~- -~ -compensate for uZ1 heriCUKe-sized Zrees that need to be removed for the proposed development-" Commissioner Roberts did not wish to penalize people for planting trees by asking thane to pay to remove them. in response to her question whether each phase would. feature the design for that phase, Ms. Decker coithrm ad that was the case- Commissioner Fox inquired whether an additional access point on Valley Trails Drive had been considered to accommodate the traffic from the expanded parking- She was concerned that a single access point would cause traffic congestion following Church services. Ms. Decker noted that in its analysis and search for solutions regarding ingress and egress onto the site, staff spoke with the Fire Department and the Masons in the neighboring structure- "1'he Fire Department did not wish to take access off of I ~Iopyard Road, which was fairly constricted near the boundary, with equipment that precluded. safe entry and. exiting for emergency vehicle use- Staff was comfortable with the existing ingress and egress- In response to an inquiry by Commissioner Arkin regarding whether a grass parking lot had been explored, Ms- Decker noted. that possibility would be seriously examined when Phase 2 is exairiined_ In response to an inquiry by Chairperson Maas on whether the landscaping on Hopyard Road would remain the same, Ms_ Decker confirmed that would be the case- THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED_ Reverend Ron Calmer, Director, St_ G'lare's Episcopal Church, asked the supporters of this project to raise their hands- He noted that this project represented the parishioners' hopes, dreams, and aspirations and added that they were ready to grow wGth the expansion. Ha noted that they had to turn people away from the last Easter service. Dave Willmorc, Chairman, St_ G'lare's New Building Program, described the history of this project as well as the community meetings- He noted that the altered designs were intended to address the neighbors' concerns about traffic and parking. He believed that $3.5 million would he needed to complete Phase 2, and he estimated that it may take between 10-15 years to do so without any sponsorships. Iic anticipated that Yhase 3 would follow Phase 2 in five years. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES May 11, 2005 Page 9 of 16