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Draft Excerpt of Minutes April]2, 2007 Planning Commission Meeting Page 5 of9 says, traffic would increase if yet another church were to go in to Faith Fellowship's current site. From that perspective, she does not see how the traffic issue is being addressed. Pastor Mortara said Faith Fellowship's new location would generate pass-through traffic on Manor Boulevard, rather than stop-and-go, pulling into driveways and exiting from driveways. In addition, he said that most people would exit at Marina, turn left onto Doolittle, and approach CatalinalFarallon from that direction. Commissioner Nardine said that one of the church members said an after-school program will be going in. Pastor Mortara said there is not. What was considered was for members of the church youth group who needed a place to do their homework, they could come by the church instead of being on the street, but that would be at 3:30 or 4 p.m., and they would be out by 5 p.m. Commissioner N ardine pointed out that that would fall between commercial and industrial and work hours. Pastor Mortara concurred, and said they could drop the idea. It was just an idea of a way to better serve the community. Commissioner Nardine said that her concern is that during work hours, it is not particularly safe for children in a comrnerciaVindustrial area to be coming and going. She also asked what would happen if the church were to outgrow the new Catalina/Farallon facility. Pastor Mortara said they could take over the Coliseum. Commissioner Nardine, alluding to Mr. MacDonald's remark that the traffic/parking situation should not be forced on the Manor area, asked if they are not now planning to force it on the Marina Faire area instead. It's a concern about the size of the Faith Fellowship assembly. Mr. MacDonald pointed out that the issue is relative impact. The impact in the middle of that industrial area on a Sunday morning or Wednesday evening as a practical matter would be zero. Moving Faith Fellowship would mean an immediate positive impact for the Manor neighborhood, but not a negative impact when it goes into the industrial area with big streets in every direction and nobody around. Pastor Mortara added that 10 people in the Marina Faire have written letters welcoming Faith Fellowship into the community. Commissioner Nardine, in preparing for the meeting, indicated that she ran across two cities with similar Assembly Overlay issues, including Sunnyvale and Dixon. She wondered whether staff might see what resolutions came in those situations, what the impact was on the communities, and what sort of modifications may have been made. Pastor Mortara submitted 200 petitions from neighbors who are not members of the congregation, as well as 1,700 church members. Commissioner Nardine asked whether the church conducts seminars, and how many attend.