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. . ' - 8. STAFF REPORTS - A. APPEAL of Zoning Administrator's decision NOT to Revoke a Non-Discretionary Permit for a large Family Day Care Home, 743 Canyon Road, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Sartain, - Appellants David H. Wolfskill and Lynette M. Dowling, 751 Canyon Road. The public hearing was held May 19,1997 as noticed. All reports and testimony were received and the public hearing was closed. Council deferred all action to June 2,1997. REPORT: Senior Planner Passanisi, June 2, 1997 Mayor Hartnett sununarized the actions taken on this matter at the May 19, 1997 Council meeting, and described the written materials received prior to that meeting and the oral testimony and reports received at that meeting as well. Councilman Claire advised that he and former Mayor Greenalch were members of the Council's Streets Committee when the City made improvements to Canyon Road. He described the difficult engineering problems encountered during that project, especially the portion of road in front of 743 Canyon Road, the Sartain residence. In response to Councilman Claire's questions regarding some of the engineering problems the City encountered during the reconstruction on Canyon Road, Senior L Engineer Lynch used overheads to outline the road's before and after configurations, including one rejected design. Engineer Lynch described the City's standards for substandard streets and said the Canyon Road reconstruction project was the rust time the City had employed those standards. He said the largest problem occurred at 743 Canyon Road where the width of the Road was only seventeen and a half feet and widening the road to twenty feet removed part of the driveway of 743 Canyon Road. This reconstruction resulted in a steeper driveway at 743 Canyon Road. Councilman Claire said the portion of the driveway which had been removed had extended into the City's right of way and the existing driveway had been built without a permit. He described the difficulties the Engineering Department had with this very narrow portion of the road. Senior Engineer Lynch said the Engineering Department had considered the existing easement when finalizing the plans for reconstruction because the Sartains and other residents along Canyon Road objected to the other alternatives. Councilman Claire said, "This was a very difficult portion of the road to satisfy all concerned. Certainly, I remember to a degree that the easement across the neighbor's property, not the Wolfskill/Dowling's I don't think at that time, would allow the Sartains , access to their garage, which if you go back to the original easement was the main purpose MINUTE BOOK NO. 55 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING JUNE 2, 1997 MINUTES Page No. 361 PAGE 5