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-- children would be playing on the play structures. She expressed concern about the blind spots.
<br />She noted that her husbaxid had stayed home a few days previous and had been tailgated by two
<br />different daycare parents. She inquired who would make the parents adhere to the speed limits_
<br />Kirsten Machi, 5580 Pasco Navarro, made the following statement:
<br />"My name is Kirsten Machi. I live at 5580 Pasco Navarro, which is directly adjacent to
<br />the Suttons' home. 1 just want to start by saying that the Suttons, Patty, sent out a letter
<br />prior to the official notice from the City that the expansion for the daycare was being
<br />requested. The letter was sent, I think she hand-delivered it, to most of the immediate
<br />neighbors. In the letter, if I could just read this one excerpt, I hope you have this because
<br />I did send. it in to Leslie, but I don't know if you. do: `Two of my daycare xrxothers are
<br />pregnax~t and have requested that i care for the new babies so that the siblings may be
<br />together in daycare. I currently have a license for small daycare, maximum eight children,
<br />and in order to accommodate this request would require license for a large daycare,
<br />xrxaximum 14 children.' The reason I bring that up is because I saw Patty earlier today,
<br />and of course this is strained because they are right next door; it's awkward. So I just
<br />asked and 7 said, `Do you really just want approval for these two children? Because if
<br />they are already parents that already go there, and it's two more children, then the issues
<br />that the neighbors have brought up regarding speeding and traffic and safety would be a
<br />moot point if it was specifically for these two children.'
<br />"If it's to stipul ale for these two children, therefore, our concerns as neighborhood oP
<br />going to a potential of 14 children affecting traffic, parking, all these things that we are
<br />concerned about will not be affected. And she researched it and she said, `Yes, it can
<br />actually happen.' So we approached the Suttons, `Would you consider this, given that
<br />what you are specifically trying to do is get approval for these two children`?' And they
<br />said, `No, we want to expand it to the fourteen' So 7 was trying to get if we could have a
<br />compromise so everyone would end up happy_ They do want to go the 14, in other
<br />words_ Anyway, the reason why I state that, then all the issues regarding safety, traffic,
<br />parking, all of these things come up because at any point, if they have a license, they can
<br />go up to 1 4 chil dren at axis time. One thing that you mentioned before in the staff report
<br />is that Pasco Navarro is a `U'-shaped strc et; they are at the bottom of the `lJ' so people
<br />can come in from either direction. What was not mentioned is that it is not allowed to be
<br />a daycare within 300 feet; but at 349 feet, which is only five houses away, there is
<br />already another daycare_ Also in the other direction, approximately 500 feet, there is
<br />another day care. In our little street of Pasco Navarro, there are three daycares already
<br />that can have up to 21, really 24, children. So, the Suttons' expansion to a potential of 14
<br />is as if we were having a fourth daycare. The staff report says too that the level-of-
<br />service for the street is 30 cars maximum per peak time per hour on the street_ But if you
<br />do the math, there are 45 homes on the street, not 45 drivers; there arc currently
<br />21 -24 potential daycare drivers, and specifically for our area, there are up to eight, and ii'
<br />we expand. that, that's another potential 30_ So do the math: 30 + 45. Potentially, and I
<br />know that all those people won't drive at peals hour all the time, but certainly at morning
<br />drop-off and at evening pick up for traditional daycare hours, people are leaving to go to
<br />_ work and coming home and so there is traffic_ And I actually submitted a videos which I
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