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Chair Blank stated that if Mr. Pfund does not have his childcare license and background check by March or April, he should be going after the State and in May, he could come back to the City with all of his documentation about what he has done, and then the Commission can act on it at that time. Commissioner Narum inquired, if the Commission gives Mr. Pfund a temporary use permit until end of June and if as soon as he gets his license, he wants to be sure he is an E occupancy, if staff would begin working to determine what needs to be done. Mr. Thomas said yes. He stated that Mr. Pfund and the property owner have already come in to talk about what the potential requirements are for an E-occupancy and are working with an architect to do this. Commissioner Narum asked Mr. Thomas if he would still work with Mr. Pfund, even if he has not completed his documents, to do whatever is necessary to meet the E-occupancy. Mr. Thomas said yes. Commissioner O'Connor stated that the Commission could also consider approving this as is, under 16 hours, rather than putting asix-month time limit. Chair Blank recalled that this was the original premise before the Commission. Commissioner Olson inquired if a limit is necessary on the temporary time and if Mr. Pfund could just continue with the 16 hours if he does not have a childcare license. Commissioner Narum stated that this was a good point and referred to Ms. Decker's comment about having some kind of review. She suggested that if the Commission does approve this in some form, the Commission review it around April 1St Chair Blank stated that he could not support that because the whole premise of the Commission's initial hearing and the City Council's hearing was the factthatthis appears to be a childcare operation. Commissioner Narum stated that if June 30t" came and Mr. Pfund still did not have everything, and if staff checked with the State and he has done everything, but the State is still not ready, she would be open to extending the temporary timeframe, but she still believed he ultimately needs a daycare license. Commissioner Fox inquired if students be allowed to come and go as they please in the temporary situation. Chair Blank replied that there is a condition that people would need to be signed in and out. Ms. Decker clarified that the Commission would effectively be approving this conditional use permit but with caveats by modifying the conditions of approval to provide timing, review, and what the actual criteria would be after benchmarks of time. Chair Blank pointed out that the Commission has had two prior Department Managers of the Planning Department tell the Commission that a conditional use permit can be PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, November 12, 2008 Page 23 of 29