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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 22, 2018 Page 10 ing the flexibility to have this kind of option within the community and to have different facilities for their children who have different needs or learn differently is really great. She has driven by the current Hand in Hand facility at specified drop off times and never seen traffic from there spilling out onto either County Road B or Fairview. She indicated she did not have any question at all about this project and is delighted to see this use. Councilmember Etten stated one of the benefits is the open field and open space. He stated he appreciated all of the different experiences that people talked about and the support of the school. He stated the Council's job was not to decide if they like Hand in Hand, it was to decide how this impacts the neighborhood and the use. He had concerns about the traffic and appreciated all the time Mr. Thompson took to address that at the meetings. He stated this will have a major impact in concentrated periods of time on the area and looked forward to Hand in Hand using all of the tools the City has to make it better for the neighborhood. He stated there will be impacts felt well beyond the school in that concentrated time frame. He has that concern but believed enough of his concerns have been addressed by Mr. Thompson so he will be supporting this item. Mayor Roe shared the number of concerns raised regarding traffic and also under- stand a lot of the passion people have for this entity and the good that Hand in Hand does in this community and serving the broader metro area. He thought if for some reason, down the road, there was a change from Hand in Hand and an- other entity wanted to do a school there, he would have some serious concerns about traffic. He stated down the road, if things were to change, the City may have to look at a pause in plans and go to something else on a temporary basis for zoning if there isn't a specific plan going forward, just to make sure the City is being protective of the neighborhood. He was impressed with the plans Hand in Hand has talked about regarding handling traffic and did not have any other con- cerns with use of the site. He indicated he would be voting in support of this item. Roll Call Ayes: McGehee, Willmus, Laliberte, Etten and Roe Nays: None. Recess Mayor Roe recessed the meeting at approximately 7:53 p.m., and reconvened at approximately 8:04 p.m. c. Snow Event Parking Regulations Public Works Director Marc Culver summarized the request as detailed in the RCA of this date; and noted a bench handout incorporated into the RCA provid- ing an extract of City Council meeting minutes of October 22, 2018. He thought the City should work to implement some additional communications tools to get