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than normal ground clearance can use it. Mr. Sartain said one parent had "stopped using the easement because she felt so intimidated by the security cameras, and the flag being flown out in front that says 'Don't tread on me' and Mr. Wolfskill setting up his video camera in front of people... She uses our driveway, and has probably scraped off ten pounds of steel from the bottom of her car." Mr. Sartain said his wife had one full time employee and one part time employee. Michele Sartain, 743 Canyon Road, owner and operator of the large day care home at 743 Canyon Road, thanked the Council for its attention to this matter. Mrs. Sartain said she had eleven children enrolled in day care and had one foster son living with them. She said on an average day, only five parents use the easement. One child does not attend on Friday. "This adds up to 24 round trips per week... over the easement. It is not the 24 per day that the Wolfskill/Dowlings keep insisting on." She said they had made a concerted effort to discourage use of the easement, and to eliminate parking on the easement. Mrs. Sartain said, "Per Senate Bill 265 effective 1/1/97 I can have two extra children who are at least six years old. This means a license for twelve covers fourteen children, which I choose not to have. A license for six covers eight children. If my large family child care permit is revoked I can still have eight children in my day care, plus we would be financially forced to once again rent out the legal accessory dwelling we currently use in addition to our home for the child care." Mrs. Sartain said the rental of that dwelling would add two more cars, and their guests, into the traffic mix at that address. She said day care traffic was confined to work hours during the week only. She said the net gain from reducing the permit to a small day care home would be "one." She said, "Is it worth displacing so many of my present day care children?" Mrs. Sartain said her day care insurance carrier told her she could add the Wolfskill/Dowlings to her policy as additional insureds, which "would cover any incident involving a day care child on the easement." She said if the Wolfskill/Dowlings were interested and willing, the Sartains would add them to the policy at no cost to them. Mrs. Sartain said the current liability coverage is one half million dollars and for $ I 84 per year the Wolfskill/Dowlings could increase that to one million. The policy would cover day care children during day care operating hours. Mrs. Sartain asked her supporters to please stand, and about 30 people in the audience stood in support. In response to Council questions, Mr. and Mrs. Sartain described the legal accessory dwelling rental unit on their property and when it had been brought up to Code. In response to City Attorney Shricker's questions, Mrs. Sartain said she had a full time employee who parks on the street. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 55 MAY 19, 1997 MINUTES Page No. 352 PAGE 24