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Approved July 9, 2018 6 Susan Halkiotis. I don¶t have a question. The application was well put together. It was very clear and I appreciate the comments. I do have a comment about the letter that was sent out April 10 by Mr. Kennett.When I read that, I thought if only everybody would approach a project with willingness to let people know what¶s going on and to welcome comment, I wonder how many contentious cases ± one particular contentious case ± that could be avoided. Jay Kennett: We want to be a good neighbor to our neighbors. As soon as we started to talk about it,that was one of the first components, how do we welcome the neighborhood. We invited people to come see the space. Although we didn¶t have a lot of people come, we did have a few people call me on the phone. It was good to talk with them and everything was really positive. Susan Halkiotis: I found that to be refreshing. Patrick Mallett: Because of that effort, we didn¶t have anyone at the information meeting or any calls. They solved that information before the process began. Randy Herman: You don¶t anticipate issues of parking or people backing up on Davis Road? Dan Rockaway: They pull in and it¶s a long driveway in front of the church. No one backs out on Davis Road. They turn around. Because we¶re adding 22 children, it¶s probably 16ish cars because there are siblings. If there was ever an issue, we can always expand drop-off times. Jay Kennett: Sounds and Colors has a little more spread out drop-off and pick-up times so there is not nearly as much traffic as the other daycare that was there where everyone was dropping off and picking up at the same time. There is definitely a time between 5 and 6 p.m. when most people are picking up, but it¶s more spread out on the other end. We have two driveways. Previously, the other daycare came in one driveway and went out the other. And that could be an option. Patrick Mallett: (showed on site plan overview)This one is more of a horseshoe through the site that goes past the church. You could theoretically drop a kid off here or park and walk over. Also, there is an effort to redefine the parking in here (indicated on site plan overview). Not to get too much into the technical aspects of that, but it¶s difficult to meet ADA compliance because of the pitch of the sidewalk,the route from the vehicle to the doorway and through the doorway. I think they¶ve solved that element, at least in my conversations with James Baxter with inspections. Matt Hughes:Am I reading this chart right that you are also adding spaces up here? Jay Kennett: It¶s just a little bit more defined than they are right now. The spaces are already down there. Patrick Mallett: They will be marked. Right now it¶s an undefined space. Dan Rockaway: Everyone pulls straight down at the bottom. Every now and then we¶ll have a visitor who pulls in sideways. That¶s probably twice a year. Samantha Cabe: Is there any other person who wishes to give testimony or to be heard? Any other witnesses? (There were none.) Is this the point where we close the public hearing? Michael Harvey: Yes. You can have a motion to close the public hearing and I¶ll reiterate that before you enter your deliberations and close the public hearing, obviously staff and the applicant