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Resolution No. PC-2007-04 approving PCUP-186 was entered and adopted as motioned. Commissioner Pearce left the meeting at this point, noting that she would have needed to recuse herself from the next item, Item 6.a., PCUP-155/PDR_513, Trinity Lutheran Church. 6.PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS a.PCUP-155/PDR-513, Trinity Lutheran Church Application for a conditional use permit and for design review approval for the expansion of the existing Trinity Lutheran Church as follows: (1) replacement of the existing temporary modular buildings with the construction of an approximately 8,110-square-foot one-story education building to the east of the existing church facility; (2) construction of an approximately 3,108-square-foot multipurpose room addition to be attached to the south of the existing church facility, fronting Hopyard Road; (3) expansion of the existing parking lot; and (4) on-site landscaping removal and replanting. The Trinity Lutheran Church is located at 1225 Hopyard Road and is zoned R-1-6,500 (Single-Family Residential) District. Chairperson Fox apologized to the members of the Church who came for the November 8, 2006 public hearing, which was not held due to a lack of a quorum. She noted that she took full responsibility for that occurrence. Ms. Decker summarized the staff report, and described the background, layout and scope of the project. In response to an inquiry by Chairperson Fox regarding the current number of parking spaces versus the proposed number of parking spaces, Ms. Decker confirmed that there were 51 spaces on the Golden Road side, and 43 spaces on the Del Valle Parkway side. She noted that there was one parking space required per six seats; without the additional 27 spaces, the applicant was well over the number of required spaces per Code but not necessarily per a desire to keep as much traffic off the streets and on the site. She displayed an alternative site plan that was the result of neighborhood meetings and conversations with staff that examined the neighborhood concerns. The initial discussions with the neighborhood had seemed to indicate that they wished to increase the buffer along the swim center side as well as reduce the paving area and maintain the equalized parking both along Golden Road and Del Valle Parkway as it exists today. She noted that several neighborhood meetings had been held and that two had been hosted by the Church in 2005; there was not much indicated interest at that time, possibly because of the holidays. The City then hosted a neighborhood meeting and noticed residents within a 1,000-foot radius; 10 residents attended the meeting. The neighborhood expressed a concern that any expansion of the paved area would welcome an expansion of the Church and its uses, not a goal to relieve the parking load from the street. She PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES January 24, 2007 Page 10 of 24