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