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Ed Rouquette, 3436 Windsor Court, indicated the Phillips had operated a day care facility in the past which he believed had an excessive number of children, approximately twenty, who were unsupervised. He further objected to the fact that the CC&R's are not being considered and felt a residential area was becoming commercial. He complained of traffic, parking, and safety issues. Hannelore Homoredy, 3409 Blakemore Court, lives behind the applicants' property and across a greenbelt. She was concerned about possible noise from the children when they are playing outside. Candy Phillips, 3444 Windsor Court, indicated she has lived on Windsor Court for 25 years. When she first decided to operate a day care facility, she told Mr. Rouquette and he never indicated there was a problem. She was shocked when she heard of the opposition to the application and the threat of legal action. The only incident she could recall from her prior operation involved two hyperactive little boys who used to play with Mr. Rouquette's son and the only double-parking incident involved the mother of these boys. Ms. Phillips indicated she declined to continue to care for these children. Her prior operation was very successful and she is still in contact with some of the children she had cared for and their parents. Ms. Phillips indicated she was willing to revise her license to care for only small children to mitigate concerns about noise, since there would be only a few at a time outside. The children's nap times would be rotated and the length of time outside would be only about 40 minutes or less. She explained she had initially agreed to a limit of ten children for six months and then after a review, she would apply for 12 children. After the appeal was filed however, she decided not to go through the whole process twice and applied for the maximum of 12 children from the beginning. Ms. Phillips has cleaned out her garage (to park her car inside) and has passed out a flyer to all her customers to explain the concerns about traffic. The parents now park in her driveway and strive not to drive into the Court at all. She showed a photograph of the greenbelt area behind her house to illustrate the distance between her backyard and Ms. Homorody. Ms. Phillips asked if Ms. Homorody had ever heard noise and was told she had not. Ms. Phillips referred to the remark that she had twenty children in her prior day care. She said she had twenty different children over a period of years, not all at one time. Jeffrey Phillips indicated he and his wife do not want to take advantage of their neighbors and want to be friends with them. Nothing had ever been said to him about any problems from the prior or current operation. 03/21/95 -5-