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Amir Abdul, 5255 C3enovesio Drive, spoke in opposition to this item and was very concerned about the safety issues posed by additional traffic. Vilas Thuse, applicant, noted that he and his wife had performed significant due diligence before the hearing- He noted that while they had been operating the licensed small facxxily day care i:or two years at another location, then they moved into their current home in December 2004_ When they were considering a large Family day care, their realtor stated that space concentration, noise, and traffic would be the main issues- He described the history of his purchase process and due diligence with the City Plat~tiing Department. I-Ie noted that a small family day care could be up to eight children, and a large family day care was seven to 14 children- He noted that the capacity in an average large family day care is 1 O to 1 1 children, which would be approximately two to three more children in their day care- While studying the traffic on the street, he had personally observed that only the neighbors sped up in their area- He noted that they would strictly adhere to the rule of ensuring the parents use the driveway- He added that they would. do everything possible to ensure that their customers follow the rules_ C=ommissioner Fox noted that the traffic study stated that with 200 households, and 1 O trips per household, there would be 2,000 trips in the development- She calculated that six additional cars would be an increase of O.6 percent. Ms. Decker advised that the figure was derived for single-family residential developments and was estimated to be an average of 1 O trips per day_ Commissioner Blar~ac disclosed that he had visited the neighborhood. several times CJommissioner Fox disclosed that she had visited the neighborhood as well. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED_ Commissioner Roberts recalled a previous public speaker who stated that several other people in the neighborhood were planning on opening family day care and was disturbed that the Thuses had applied first. She noted that many small day cares could be located on that strect_ Commissioner Blank expressed concern about the increased traffic and its impact on safety in the neighborhood- Commissioner Arkin noted that he could not support this application and believed that this use would not be compatible with ahigh-density neighborhood with narrower-than- usual private streets- He was also concerned with the lack of enforceability of traffic violations on a long loop such as this_ PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES August 10, 2005 Page 6 of 19