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ATTACHMENT 7 PCUP-155/PDR-513, Trinity Lutheran Church Application for a conditional use permit and for design review approval for the expansion of the existing Trinity Lutheran Church as follows: (1) replacement of the existing temporary modular buildings with the construction of an approximately 8,110-square-foot one-story education building to the east of the existing church facility; (2) construction of an approximately 3,108-square-foot multipurpose room addition to be attached to the south of the existing church facility, fronting Hopyard Road; (3) expansion of the existing parking lot; and (4) on-site landscaping removal and replanting. The Trinity Lutheran Church is located at 1225 Hopyard Road and is zoned R-1-6,500 (Single-Family Residential) District. Chairperson Fox apologized to the members of the Church who came for the November 8, 2006 public hearing, which was not held due to a lack of a quorum. She noted that she took toll responsibility for that occurrence. Ms. Decker summarized the staffreport, and described the background, layout and scope of the project. hi response to an inquiry by Chairperson Fox regarding the current number of parking spaces versus the proposed number of parking spaces, Ms. Decker confirmed that there were 51 spaces on the Golden Road side, and 43 spaces on the Del Valle Parkway side. She noted that there was one parking space required per six seats; without the additional 27 spaces, the applicant was well over the number of required spaces per Code but not necessarily per a desire to keep as much traffic off the sheets and on the site. She displayed an alternative site plan that was the result of neighborhood meetings and conversations with staff that examined the neighborhood concerns. The initial discussions with the neighborhood had seemed to indicate that they wished to increase the buffer along the swim center side as well as reduce the paving area and maintain the equalized parking both along Golden Road and Del Valle Parkway as it exists today. She noted that several neighborhood meetings had been held and that two had been hosted by the Church in 2005; there was not much indicated interest at that time, possibly because of the holidays. The City then hosted a neighborhood meeting and noticed residents within a 1,000-foot radius; 10 residents attended the meeting. The neighborhood expressed a concern that any expansion of the paved area would welcome an expansion of the Church and its uses, not a goal to relieve the parking load Ii•om the street. She noted that the City recognizes that the required Code ratio may be inadequate; the City Council had recently provided an assessment in that regard as well. She noted that this was not the preferred plan, but staff recognized and commended the church's efforts in looking for a compromise that may lead to a solution and support of this project by the neighborhood. In response to an inquiry by Chairperson Fox about the parking space count and whether it was assumed that the cars would move clockwise or counterclockwise around the site, Ms. Decker noted that the Church's proposal was the previous site plan, which had 122 parking spaces. This alternative plan reduced that to 98 parking spaces and maintained the reduction fi•om 43 to 22 on the Del Valle Parkway side. Regarding site circulation, the existing site parking layout was single-loaded with angled parking, which is not efficient. She demonstrated the parking scheme on the screen and added that the parking area would be expanded and revised to use F,XCERPTS: PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES, January 24, 2007 Page 1 of 12