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Planning & Zoning Board December 10, 2003 Page 7 APPROVED MINUTES they knew they could build on this site, they did not want to start the process on obtaining the conservation easement. She noted the church was very concerned about the herons on the site and they were committed to working on this issue and were committed to hearing all ideas. She noted as far as the issue of timing of construction, they had looked into this issue also. She pointed out that the closest construction would be 2500 feet from the island, and that would be the septic syst em. She stated they were going by the State of Washington’s recommendation for the pr eservation of the herons and it was recommended a minimum of 984 f eet from human contact be kept away from the nesting season. She noted the primary activity for this construction would be 3,000 feet. She stated they were checking into if it was po ssible to work the construction schedule around the nesting season and have the loudest c onstruction done at the end of the season. Staci Wittner, 7542 Peltier Lake Drive, stated she was not looking forward to the development of this land, but she was not opposed to it either. However, she was opposed to the size of the church. She expr essed concern about the traffic, the herons, the septic system, and the lake. She presented a calendar of events he ld at the church and noted the church would be used every day at al l times of the day. With respect to traffic, she expressed concern for safety on the reside ntial streets and the in crease of traffic on Sunday morning. With respect to the herons , she expressed concer n that the loud spring construction would cause the herons to abandon their nests and the continued noise would cause the herons to permanently leave th is area, as well as the incursion into he southeast corner of the prop erty. With respect to the septic system, she expressed concern about the septic system backing up, or a failure of the system would be disastrous. With respect to Peltier Lake, she expressed concern that pumping water from the lake, increased run off and increased boa t traffic, which could destroy plants and water quality. She requested as a condition of approval, no type of outdoor amplification be allowed; the church not use 77 th or Peltier Lake Drive, a nd no construction be allowed during the heron-nesting season. Scott Anderson, staff on Eagle Brook Church, stated throughout the process, they had tried to be honest. He noted they were a growing church and was a large church. He noted he schedule was public and he would provide a schedule for the whole year if requested. However, he noted this was still a two-campus church and all of the activities would not be moved to this proposed chur ch. He noted their current building was approximately 60,000 square feet and they were located in a residential area. He noted they had performed a traffic study last w eekend and they found that people who came to the church understood the challenges and the p eak times tended to be 17-18 minutes. He noted their most attended service was the 11 :00 a.m. Sunday service, with Saturdays services being less. He noted the Saturday services was when more families attended. He stated there were two se rvices on Saturday night and four on Sunday morning at 9:30, 10:15, 11:00 and 11:45. He stated they manage d the traffic well with one traffic officer and when they had a large event, they hired mo re traffic officers. He noted it was in the best interest of the parishione rs to get them in and out as efficiently as possible. He stated when they have issues of traffic, their attendance reflecte d that and they made improvements. He stated they would do what ever was necessary to keep traffic flowing and make the residents access first priorit y. He noted, however, that there would be challenges to traffic and they were not trying to hide this fact. He thanked the board and