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In addition, the following issues were discussed: 1. Parking lot lights; 2. The height of the proposed berm along Golden Road; 3. The proposed landscaping; 4. The possibility of increasing enrollment of the existing preschool program and using the education building as an expanded facility during congregation. Some of the residents objected to any expansion of the existing facility. They expressed the concern that the proposed changes would actually increase membership thereby increasing traffic to the site, resulting in adversely impacting the neighborhood. City hosted neighborhood meeting (December 21, 2006 Staff met independently with the applicant followed by a meeting with neighborhood representatives. At this meeting, staff described the additional reduction of parking from 101 spaces at the Golden Road entry to 77 spaces which also effectively increase the landscape buffer area from the original 20 feet up to an approximately 60 feet. The residents continued to express concern that the Church was not listening to them and that the primary goal of the neighbors present were to: • Prohibit any parking expansion on the Golden Road entry thereby ensuring that the Church could not easily expand membership or Community services; • Prohibit a reduction of any parking spaces on the Del Valle Parkway parking area; • Relocate the siting of the Ministry/Education Building from the proposed location to where the existing modular buildings are located; • Remove the Youth Center/multipurpose room addition thereby likely restricting any additional church related meeting increases. The residents understood that their solution to relocate the proposed Ministry/Education building to the modular building could effectively shut down a portion or all of the Sonshine Preschool operations. The residents believed that this would not be likely in that the Church could relocate the use to the existing building. Staff discussed these options and noted that the loss of the preschool operations would not only be a lost service and amenity to the community, but would likely inconvenience numerous families who use the facility and may not have other facilities easily at hand to take the place of the Sonshine Preschool. Staff also noted that there may not be adequate facilities in the existing building with which to house the preschool. Cuse No. PCUP-155/PDR-513 Planning Commission Puge - 7 -