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. . - concern. . .. is the overall inconvenience and danger for me and the surrounding neighbors of having a parking lot basically in our back yards, for some of us, and the -- accompanying surge of cars that are going to be piling in and out of that parking lot on a very, very regular basis. That is the second of my more than two concerns. In response to Councilman Claire's comments and questions regarding what is truly Mr. Saisi's and the neighbors main concern, Mr. Saisi said, "My concems are many fold, and they are congruent with my neighbors' concerns. It is the fact that our street is very small. It is the fact that the church has outgrown the area. It is the fact that they meet seven days a week not just one, two or three. It is the fact that if a 29 space parking (is built) not only willi deal with the parking on street, but I will also deal with parking in my back yard. Not only do they meet seven days a week, but they are there until ten and after ten o'clock at night. You need to spend a night out there and see it." Councilman Claire said, "Let me see if I understand. The concern is not so much with the parking lot." Mr. Saisi said, "The concern is with the parking lot, with the overall situation we are faced with on a daily basis.... Which involves cars on the street, cars on the parking lot that exists now that they don't use most of the time. It involves the meetings every single day. I think that what we are trying to nip in the bud, is the fact that this has become an institution or it has become an operation that has completely outgrown the area. It has taken over our area." -- Councilman Claire said, "What I am trying to get from those of you who really don't want this is, if! say, OK no parking lot, what does that really do to you? My logic tells me that it makes it worse." Mr. Saisi said, "Let me explain to you why that is not logical. What we are faced with now is what we are accustomed to... And what this parking lot would do is take it a step further. Not only will I have to deal with parking in front of rny house, which I deal with now anyhow, so I am not losing anything. I am maintaining a status quo. What I would now have to deal with is, parking in my back yard, every neighbor who has a back yard that abuts it, will now have parking in their back yards. They will have a density of cars, and I will still have cars in my front yard. I don't gain a thing by this. The neighborhood does not gain a thing by this." In response to Councilman Ruskin's questions regarding the efficacy of permit parking, Mr. Saisi said, "I would have a hard time believing they would buy off on something like permit parking, because I don't know where the heck the rest of the people would park.... I would feel sorry for the neighbors who were just on the periphery of the permit parking zone. Because now they are going to have every single day, the people who don't get in the lot, parking in front of their homes. I don't think that is the answer. It would be nice, but basically you are shifting cars from the front - of my house to the back of my house." REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 55 JUNE2,1997 MINUTES Page No. 379 PAGE 23