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Mayor Tarver declared the public hearing open. Peter Shutts, 4133 Mohr Avenue, Suite G, appeared on behalf of the property owners. Five years ago, when the owners were trying to get the project approved at 70 rooms, they agreed to install a soundwall in an attempt to appease the neighbors and gain their support for the project. There was no other issue that they felt the soundwall would address. Presently, there is no need for sound mitigation for this project. They are improving the street and feei that will mitigate any impacts. He indicated that if the project is required to build a soundwall, the project will not proceed, because it cannot afford it. It is marginal now in its downsized scale. He adamantly believed there was no need for the soundwall. In response to a question from Ms. Dennis, Mr. Shutts described where the proposed soundwall would be located, which is on the opposite side of the street from the project and extends farther on both sides than the property line of the proposed project. Gwynne Bandall, 4117 Crisfield Lane, indicated she was not against this project now or in the past. The residents of Crisfieid Lane had concerns about this project because of the density of the project, noise, traffic and safety issues. The prior plan addressed all those concerns by reducing occupancy from 90 to 70 and by the developer building a soundwall along the homes backing up to Mohr. She feels the neighbors' concerns for the current plan are not being addressed. The occupancy is increased from 70 to 82; tnffic concerns have not been addressed and she cannot believe that with more residents, more staff and more deliveries, that the traffic will decrease. She referred to the city's traffic baseline count which indicated traffic on Mohr Avenue had increased by 26% in 1995. She indicated cars have gone through their fences and there. have been seven accidents in a one block area in five years. When you introduce normal traffic inW this area, it will only make matters worse. She also objected to parking on the street. She then complained about the sound this facility will generate from traffic, ambulances, truck traffic for deliveries, etc. She felt sound studies should be conducted in the summer and indicated a concern for the speeding cars on Mohr. If the developer is not required to build a soundwall, she urged the city to include it in its capital improvement projects. Dave Sharp, 4145 Cris~eld Lane, indicated he lives directly behind the proposed facility. He supported the need for this facility and believed the reduced building size will blend with the neighborhood better then the previously appwved two-story facility. He felt the south side was being neglected by the developer. A curb and gutter only (no sidewalk) is not sufficient and he wanted a soundwall installed. He pointed out that page 13 of the staff report was incorrect. The improvements to Mohr Avenue were made in 1989, not 1991. If noise levels exceed city standards in 1990 and no road impwvements have been made since then, he did not believe traffic or noise levels had decreased. He feels both have increased over the years. He also believed the traffic counts are taken at a point which misses many cars that turn off onto Koln to miss the Santa Rita traffic light. He also raised questions about the TJKM report and related a conversation he had with Chris Kinzel. His last point concerned the safety of the residents and -- he related the history of traffic accidents. 03/19/96 -21-