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Page 1 of 2 Jenny Soo From: Lora Condon Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 6:55 PM To: Jenny Soo Subject: PCUP-155/PDR-513, Trinity Lutheran Church expansion Dear Ms Soo, I sure wish that I could write to you in support of something, that at least sounds, like a good idea. As a Christian, anytime I see a house of God expanding, I feel good. However, as a neighbor of Trinity Lutheran, I must express my objections to their plans for an expansion. The reasons for my objection are as follows: 1) Traffic at Hopyard & Golden is already a nightmare. On youth nights Golden Road is often blocked by double parked teens. Last spring during the rains, when visibility was poor, inexperienced teenage drivers routinely made abrupt u-turns on Golden, and would bolt across the street in front of on-coming cars. They do these things anyway, but it was particularly dangerous at that time. They also contribute to the 'hot roddinb on Golden. I had one girl change lanes into me on Hopyard; I stopped and asked her if she realized how close she came to hitting me, her excuse was that she 'HAD to get over'. I asked her why she didn't just pull in behind me since there were no cars behind me, and she said 'because I'm late' ?!?! On Sunday mornings and on weekdays when the moms/women's groups meet the traffic isn't much better with the adults in charge. Many of the same situations occur: abrupt u-turns, bolting out to cross the street without looking, pulling out of the parking lot without looking, large groups standing around in the middle of the street talking, and, of course, the infamous 'cell phone distracted driver' who's coming right down the center of the street and, either you have to pull to the curb, or, if you can't, they do a last minute swerve to avoid hitting you, and one even yelled at ME when they had to move over! 2) Parking is already a problem when both the church and the swim clubs meet at the same time. I live, almost at the, end of Golden, and there are times when I can't park in front of my own house, and have had my driveway partially blocked when an over sized SUV parked in an undersized space between cny driveway and that of my neighbor. I called PPD one Sunday when someone parked their vehicle across the, (only), cross walk across Golden at Hopyard where three small children with bikes were having a hard time navigating around the offending vehicle to cross the street. These folks are not good neighbors. If these things were happening in their own neighborhoods, I'm sure that they would object, strenuously. Granted, part of the problem is the swim club, but most of it rests with the congregation of Trinity Lutheran. Why make it even worse by expanding the church. Will there finally be enough off street parking for all? And if there is, will the church, (as they, no doubt hope), grow out of that space as well and take over the street again? When they do, that corner will become even more difficult to navigate than it already is. I urge you to extend my objections to the Planning Department and to deny this request to expand Trinity Lutheran. Sincerely, Lora Condon 9/6/2006