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Serpentine Lane. Mr. Bowers stated that he was concerned that the use would create parking problems. While Mr. Bowers does not specifically object to the applicant's use, he feels that there may be a parking issue when parents are dropping off or picking up children. Staff also received a letter from Gerald Hodnefield who operates at 1020 Serpentine Lane. Mr. Hodnefield stated that he does not object to the intent of the proposed use, however, he does feel that the use would create parking issues if the parents drop off or pick up their children during regular business hours. Based on the applicant's final narrative, Mr. Pound met with Mr. Hodnefield to discuss his concerns. Mr. Pound assured Mr. Hodnefield that the parents would only be on-site after regular business hours, when Mr. Hodnefield's business was closed. Mr. Hodnefield was concerned that the parents would be using his parking spaces if there weren't any available on the subject site. (See Exhibit I for Mr. Hodnefield's letter to staff and Exhibit A.2 for Mr. Pfund's recitation of his conversation with Mr. Hodnefield.) On January 8, 2008 staff spoke with a parent of one of the children from Tri-Valley Martial Arts Academy wanting to know if she should seek alternative "daycare" and wanted to know if there were safety concerns since City staff was not in support of the approval of the application. Staff informed the parent that the applicant was working on a revised narrative to address staff's concerns regarding parking and circulation. On February 1, 2008 staff spoke with another parent that had similar concerns. The parent wanted to know if he should be looking for alternative daycare and wanted to know what the City's stance was regarding the application. Staff informed the parent that there were initial concerns with parking but the applicant was revising his narrative in hopes of addressing staff's concern. The applicant has also provided letters of support from some parents and neighboring tenants, which can be found in Exhibit I, some of which are also duplicated in the applicant's narrative (Exhibit A.2) in (Appendix L to staff's Exhibit A.2). VALLEY BUSINESS PARK OWNERS' ASSOCIATION Staff has yet to receive verbal or written input from Valley Business Park Owners' Association regarding its position of the proposed use at this location. The applicant has provided a letter of support from the property owner/management company in lieu of a letter for the Valley Business Park Owners' Association. (See appendix M to staff's Exhibit A.2.) Staff notes that action on this application can be given by the Planning Commission without approval from the Valley Business Park Owners' Association since the City does not enforce CC&R's. However, it has been the policy to have a letter from such Owners' Associations indicating support or opposition to a proposed use before taking action. Staff has requested that the Owners' Association provide such a letter. The Association has readily provided such letters for other requests for use permits being processed in the Valley Business Park and staff is unsure why one has not been produced for this use. Notwithstanding that no letter has been received, staff believes the Planning Commission can and should proceed at this time. PCUP-200, Tri-Valley Martial Arts Academy Planning Commission Page 12 of 16