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noted that in 1999, there were 34 events per month, not including the Church services, totally 42 events. In January 2007, the events calendar included 104 activities, including services. He noted that even when the parking lot was not fid1, cars often parked on Golden Road. Ile did not mind the parking on the road but did mind the constant traffic. He urged the Planning Commission to designate Del Valle Parkway as the prim~u•y entrance and believed it could be completed in a timely and efficient manner with today's technology. He cited the 1999 Planning Commission resolution for this project, which stated, "The existing church operation [has shown to bed compatible with the surrounding neighborhood, and the expansion should also be." He did not believe they were compatible because of the growth and noted that it was getting bigger still. He noted that none of the Commission's comments made to Trinity Lutheran Church at the September 13, 2006 workshop had been followed (page 9). IIe urged the Planning Commission to reject the project as submitted. Heather Brillhart, 5017 Golden Road, spoke in opposition to this project and agreed with the previous statements made by her neighbors. She noted that when she bought her home in 2001, she did not receive a disclosure with respect to the Church. She liked the location relative to all levels of schools and noted that many children walked through her neighborhood to get to school. She noted that peak traffic times for her neighborhood started half an hour before and after school hours, and the Sonshine preschool start and cud times coincided with those times as well. She was very concerned about the traffic congestion on her residential street. She noted that the current plan allowed the preschool to continue without interruption, and she did not agree that its location was beneficial to the neighborhood. She noted that the parking lotto I topyard Road was eliminated when the sanctuary was extended. She believed the Del Valle Parkway parking lot was a safer parking and traffic alternative and should not be decreased. She did not have a positive impression of the neighborhood meetings with the Church and did not feel the Church representatives were interested in working with the neighborhood. She appreciated the alternatives put forth by the Planning staff but did not feel they addressed the n-affic concerns of the neighborhood. She added that they did not follow the recommendations made to the Church by Commissioners daring the Planning workshop, such as a left-hand bun pocket off of Del Valle Parkway into the parking lot. Other possibilities were closing a driveway on Golden Road as well as a driveway off of Hopyard Road. She believed the new structure was nice, but not necessary. She did not believe the proposal was in the best interest of the neighborhood and that it did not address the safety concerns of the neighborhood. She noted that the 1999 Master Plan had not been approved and tu•ged denial of this proposal. Kemleth Cook, 4917 Golden Road, noted that he supported his neighbors' comments and spoke in opposition to this project. I Ie objected to the. removal of two dozen trees, and valued the quiet character of his neighborhood. He had informally surveyed the larger parking lot, which was one-third to one-half full. 1Ie estimated that there would be about two dozen new vehicles in the parking lot due to workers during construction, which he expected would present safety issues with respect to dropping off and picking up the children. He noted that he did not mind sheet parking but was concerned that the bucks would take up a lot of space. He inquired where the larger vehicles would tarn around or wait for access to the project site; he was concerned that they would use residential areas, adding to the congestion on Golden Road. He was very concerned that there would be considerable noise impacts in the neighborhood during the construction time, plus the 18-month extension, going into summer of 2008. He was concerned EXCERPTS: PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES, January 24, 2007 Page 7 of 12