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Next was Ross Holloway, Holloway Engineering, representing the New Life Community Wesleyan Church requesting a variance of use to allow six residential units to be added to the church. The church is located almost directly across from the senior citizen center on State Road 144, next to the condominiums, and just east of the Christian School. Their proposal is to add six residential units for their church senior members. These are members who attend the church, they are elderly or senior, and would like to live close to church. While they are not invalided or needing care, would like to live in the area where people in the area that could look out for them. This would be senior housing and that is stipulations #4 on the plat. They would be connected to sanitary sewer; the Indiana Water Co. has extended the sanitary system across the highway to their tank that is on the south side of State Road 144. They propose to put in a lift station and connect to the Mooresville sanitary sewer system; they understand they have to go to the Town to get approval to do that. They asked that' this project be approve on contingent of town approval to connect to sanitary sewers. It is highly unlikely the board of health would approve anything else. This is item #2 on the plat that they will connect to sanitary sewers. Next is the drainage issues and he knows that the Town of Mooresville is in the process of adopting a Comprehensive Storm Water Management Plan that will address not only storm water mn off, but also address storm water quality. For item #1 they will say that their development will have improvements on it that will meet the Town of Mooresville storm water management requirements and regardless of those requirements they are proposing to build storm water management area, which will be a dry retention basin near the south west corner of the property, constructing a swail along the west side of the property conveying the water there, regarding in front of the church to make the water go that way, and doing some grading on the east side of property even though they will not be doing any development there what so ever. All the units will be owned by the church, that is one of the reasons for the variance, Mr. Holloway explained to the trustees of the church that with the variance the use would cease with sale of church property and the church understands that. That is one of the stipulation that the units are owned and connected to the church and will always be under the control of the church. There are some issues with the property owners to the east; he has talked with Rev. Wright who owns property to the west and he has some concerns about the drainage. He explained what they proposed to do with the drainage and Mr. Wright was satisfied and had no opposition to the project. Trying to address some of the issues to the east with the Homeowners Association, they know that their driveway should never have been constructed there, it should never been permitted there which they have no control over and there is nothing they can do about that driveway. Looking from the west of the church driveway there is approximately six hundred feet, which is more that adequate for their driveway, and you can see car tail lights as it goes over the crest of the hill. From this proposed driveway there are absolutely no issues with public safety or access. Looking slightly northeast from the detention area in the southwest comer looking up toward the side of the church where the addition will be built, that is relative flat, but it does fall generally toward the southwest comer, and the driveway will be on the ridge. Looking at the closest building, which is on the east side just off the parking lot where they plan on doing no work there except to redefine the swail to handle some of the existing storm water coming off the existing parking lot. He wants to emphasize that they will be doing no work other than trying to improve the drainage situation. Looking southerly down the access driveway towards State Road 144 across from the Senior Center you can see our access and they are proposing no improvements to the access. They will be talking to the Highway Department so see if a permit will be required. He does not think the Highway Department will require any improvements to their driveway. 2