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APPROVED 11/11/2013 OC Board of Adjustment – 9/10/2013 Page 15 of 38 1 Geof Gledhill: Or any other location other than where they are. The point is that this Board needs 2 to be looking at evidence at what is there and what isn’t there. 3 4 Michael Buck: I am going to stipulate for the record that a bridge exists at location A, a walking 5 bridge, a pedestrian bridge and at no other location. 6 7 Geof Gledhill: And I am not willing to stipulate that one does not exist at any other location. I will 8 stipulate there is a walking bridge at Location A. 9 10 Larry Wright: I think both sides are saying the same thing. 11 12 Geof Gledhill: I doubt it. 13 14 Larry Wright: Proceed and whatever the objection is fine. Please be careful to submit evidence. 15 16 David Blankfard: The special use permit says they are supposed to install bridges; they don’t 17 necessarily state that they are pedestrian bridges and I see two bridges there. I see one at A and 18 I see the one that happens to be for vehicles. 19 20 Geof Gledhill: There is a vehicle bridge not marked on this map. 21 22 Michael Buck: Regarding walkways, I would like to read from the ordinance in existence in 1986, 23 Zoning Ordinance 7.14 and I am reading from Attachment I, but I could read from the other, page 24 720. This is regard to the ordinance for Planned Development Districts and the internal 25 relationship thereof. “Walkways shall form a logical, safe and convenient system for pedestrian 26 access to all dwelling units, project facilities and principle offsite pedestrian destinations. 27 Walkways to be used by substantial numbers of children shall be so located and safe guarded as 28 to minimize contact with normal automotive traffic. Street crossings shall be held to a minimum 29 on such walkways and shall be located and designed to promote safety”. This next slide will get 30 to a question that was asked about the sidewalks. We have shifted a little, this is the same 31 location, Phase IV is up here and as I said, there is a sidewalk here but in order for someone here 32 in Phase I and II or Phase IV, to get to the recreation area shown here, they would walk along this 33 walkway, this is one of three major thoroughfares through the neighborhood, cross this major 34 thoroughfare here where there is no crosswalk to a sidewalk here. There are no sidewalks on this 35 portion of the recreation site so they would cross a major thoroughfare where there is no cross 36 walk, they would walk down to another major thoroughfare where there is a cross walk, cross 37 there, and at that point, they can cross Churton Grove Boulevard and put themselves onto the 38 recreation facility. As opposed to having a path underneath, I’m sorry, may I say that? 39 40 Geof Gledhill: Any characterization of what should be, what is… 41 42 Michael Buck: Sidewalks do exist, they do not have crosswalks to allow access for Phases I, II 43 and IV to get to the recreation facility without multiple crossings of major thoroughfares through 44 the neighborhood. With the exception of the words, missing walkways, everything else here is a 45 quote. There was question about sidewalks. This is Alderberry Court in Phase IV and Alderberry 46 Court has no sidewalk. No sidewalk exist on Alderberry Court. Despite the fact that Alderberry 47 Court has no sidewalk, it does have a walking path. A walking path that is an asphalt walking 48 path built by the developer that essentially goes nowhere. 49 50 Geof Gledhill: Objection. Characterization. 51