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Approved July 9, 2018 4 Patrick Mallett: It¶s been reviewed by all the various departments and the child care facility is already approved through the state system. They already have their permit and every indication that they will be able to support the expansion. The state has reviewed their septic permits. There is indication that their gallons per day works out mathematically to support their request. Patrick Mallett: The applicant has agreed to pay attention to any land disturbance. This is not above the threshold that would require a stormwater or erosion control permit. To a large extent, they are using the existing building and existing parking so there is very little land disturbance. Any area cleared out for the play area, in terms of significant trees removed, would be replaced to be sure the landscape ordinance is met. I think with that I¶ll stop and see if you have any questions. Or we can enter the testimony into the record. Randy Herman: I have a question. Is there not an outdoor play area at the existing facility? Patrick Mallett: I believe there is. They are required to have one. Dan Rockaway: My wife and I own the school, the business. I¶m a co-applicant with the church. You have to have 100 square feet per child for outdoor playground area. Right now we have three playgrounds, one off of each classroom. For simplicity and to meet regulations, we wanted to add one off of this building. Patrick Mallett: We¶ll go to the applicant. Michael Harvey: Before we go to applicant testimony, I¶d like to request that the board incorporate staff¶s abstract, including all attachments, as corrected this evening with replacement pages 62, 63,and 64,with updated notification of this meeting, the notices to all property owners within 1,000 feet, a copy of the notice, certification from Mr. Mallett that the sign was posted, certification that the legal ad was properly placed in two papers, in this instance, of local circulation, and the revised Page 81 providing detail as part of deliberation. It would be nice to have a motion to enter staff¶s abstract packet as amended into the record. Samantha Cabe: Do I have a motion to incorporate the abstract packet as amended with the supplemental materials tonight? MOTIONN made by Randy Herman to incorporate the abstract packet as amended with the supplemental materials. Matt Hughes seconded. VOTEE: Unanimous Dan Rockaway: I just want to give you a little history about us. My wife is sitting to your right, Martha Rockaway. We opened this school 7 years ago. Before us, The Little School was there. And before them, Pinewoods Montessori was here. It seems that the schools that have been here have been successful. There is definitely a demand for this need. We started this business 7 years ago.I guess our daughter who is 14 now, inspired in us a passion for early childhood education. My wife is a teacher from Colombia, taught Spanish and French in Colombia, taught Spanish here. When our daughter was born, she read every book she could read on early childhood education. At the time I was in school for an MBA and said let¶s put a business plan together and see how this goes. While watching my daughter learn Spanish, English and Mandarin (when she was 2), I saw how I was struggling in my thirties, trying to learn Spanish. Our school is Spanish emersion, by the way. We have been there for 7 years. That school is licensed for 58 children. We are asking to raise the enrollment cap to 80. About three and a half years ago, we opened up a school in Cary