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questioned the appropriateness of looking at this according to the B-1 Business District standards given that this is a residentially zoned area. She suggested with some of the buffering or things there may be a more moderate position to help this blend with this type of situation when this site is really zoned residential, and that this may be an issue to consider as they continue to look at these types of situations. Councilmember Jeffrey inquired about the daycare in relation to the expansion. Councilmember Strommen noted the CUP authorizes a daycare, and there is not one currently on the site. Councilmember Jeffrey pointed out that the uniqueness about this is as the folks are dropping off and picking up their kids and the idea is that the deli food can be picked up at that time. The traffic patterns from the daycare will be early morning and late evening, and he is not crazy about putting people onto Highway 5 with heavy traffic two times per day. If they are thinking of91 children at the daycare that has a potential of 180 car trips per day. Ms. Carol Lublin, applicant, stated they have a secretarial/medical transcription service that has close to 100 employees. Many of the employees have gone home to work, and there are only about 25 that come in now. That traffic has been coming in and out of the site, and there is also a small computer service company with about three employees coming in and out. That company is scheduled to move out when she goes ahead with this project, and at this time they have signage for people to bring their computers in, so that will go away. Ms. Lublin stated when the church was there they had a daycare. Some people were. concerned about weekend traffic with this, but a church will bring more than the deli ever would. There is a road that will go down to a 4-way stop, and people could be encouraged to take that 4-way stop. Also, even with 91 children they would not all come in at 7:00 a.m. People have all kinds of working hours, and a lot of the children would be latchkey. She does not think the deli and already approved daycare will bring in so much additional traffic that it would pose problems. Councilmember Jeffrey stated that is a good point, but he would challenge the number of cars on Highway 5 - 15 to 20 years ago when the church was there. Ms. Lublin replied yes, but you do not take away a building site like this. She will use it in an appropriate way. For as densely packed as that area is with housing she would think the deli would be a nice thing. It will only be 900 square feet. They are planning that it would provide food to the daycare so it would have a way to sustain itself as they wait for customers to come in. The deli will have really good food. Civil Engineer II Linton indicated staff has discussed the traffic issue at some length. This is a site plan, which typically does not include a traffic study. However there are traffic studies available from Shade Tree Cottages and Rum River Estates that provide an indication of the traffic levels. The intersection closest to this site, even with the additional houses, was projected to operate at service level B. Levels of service are graded from A to F; with level B you may need to wait for a few seconds to get onto Highway 5. In looking at the daycare there will be some additional coming and going; some of that could be people living in the neighborhood that City Council I July 24, 2007 Page 8 of 19