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that would enhance and benefit the community and that they proposed replacing a temporary modular building with a permanent building. Tim Mattheis, project architect, displayed the site plan and elevations and described their features in detail. He noted that the main neighborhood concerns were safety, lighting, and landscaping issues. He noted that there were 99 preschool students in the morning and afternoon programs, a number governed by State law, calculated by square footage. He noted that the current portables meet that requirement; the proposed buildings would simply replace the portables and would likewise meet that requirement. He noted that the five classrooms had 35 square feet per child, exclusive of cabinetry or other fixed components. He noted that the new building would have a covered entry, a reception desk, a main office for the preschool director and her staff, an isolation room for sick children, staff toilet room, a work room, and a break room for the staff. Also included would be a larger storage room for the Sunday school and generator and electric rooms; those additions accounted for the difference between the classroom sizes and the 8,800 square feet. He emphasized that there were no plans to expand the preschool or evening uses of the building from what the Church has at this time. Mr. Mattheis described the expansion of the main parking lot and added that the expansion was consistent. He noted that there never was an access to Hopyard Road. He noted that his firm did a great deal of church planning throughout Northern California and had worked with many jurisdictions; the common parking lot ratio was 1:3 or 1:4 in terms of persons per parking space. He noted that this plan represented a 1:3 ratio. He emphasized that they were not expanding the sanctuary or the preschool. They believed that increased on-site parking would remove cars from Golden Road and make it safer. He noted that there would be no major changes to the traffic distribution. He displayed the circulation pattern for weekday traffic, which exited onto Hopyard Road. He noted that very few of the traffic trips went back through the neighborhood. He added that on-street parking brought more traffic through the neighborhood, which would make the neighborhood less safe. He described the landscaping plan and light screening on the site. In response to an inquiry by Chairperson Fox regarding whether a sidewalk was proposed at the top of the site, Mr. Mattheis replied that a sidewalk was not planned at this time. He displayed and described the alternative proposals as well as the design review. He noted that the attempt was to provide a campus of similar materials, color, and palette. Jeff Klein, Chairman, Building Committee, noted that this endeavor was exciting for the Church and invited the members of the audience in support to stand up. Mr. Mattheis added that in terms of modifying the conditions of approval, Condition No. 3 stipulated the validity period of the conditional use permit and design review as 12 months. He noted that the cost of delay would be in the neighborhood of $250,000-$300,000, which would require to church to perform more fundraising. He requested the period of validity to be 18 months to give them more time to accomplish that. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES January 24, 2007 Page 14 of 24