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r <br />JUN 111986 1 <br />BOOK 4 <br />surrounding land uses. Attorney Marine maintained that the <br />ingress and egress problem, the increased traffic at the inter- <br />section, the noise from the playground, and the lack of need for <br />another child care center prove that the proposed facility is not' <br />suitable for this particular location. In conclusion, he urged <br />the Board to take all these things into consideration in arriving <br />at their decision. <br />Hazel Crews, 1135 20th Avenue, a resident of 30 years, <br />stated that they had taken a traffic count during the morning <br />hours of 7-9 o'clock on May 27th, and during that two-hour period <br />there was not a time when traffic was not stacked at the inter- <br />section. In fact, there were many times when traffic reached <br />well below her driveway which is 400 feet south of the inter- <br />section. She pointed out that the bike path along there is <br />separated from the road by only 15-20" of grass. The children <br />riding their bikes to Citrus Elementary.and the high school cross <br />the intersection in front of her property, which is another <br />dangerous situation. Where there is a little "s" in the road, <br />people are running off the road and hitting the guy wire there. <br />She believed it was much too dangerous to have an additional <br />50-70 cars coming and going twice a day. When you take off the <br />canal right-of-way, she felt the property is very small for such <br />a large enterprise. The owners to the east and south have been <br />asked by the owners of the proposed facility if they would be <br />willing to sell. their property so that the school could expand. <br />If the traffic and the noise become unbearable in the future, the <br />child care center would be their only prospect if they decided to <br />sell. Mrs. Crews noted that many residents have to go south <br />before going north, and realize just how congested that <br />intersection is. <br />Bill Hanson, 1165 20th Avenue, owner of the property to the <br />south of the proposed day care center, pointed out that <br />commercial property is available just a little further east, but <br />commercial property is much more expensive as a rule. He advised <br />16 <br />