proof cover on the pool - one someone could walk on. Ms. Kapanka said |
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it would be a trampoline- type cover. Mr. Schroeder asked if it was |
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electrical and if it had a lock button. Ms. Kapanka said that it was |
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attached with bolts, with no way for someone to get under it. She |
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acknowledged that they would leave it open in the summertime, which Mr. |
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Schroeder did not feel was acceptable. He did not feel that a four- foot |
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fence with an open pool would be good at all for little kids. He did not feel |
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the applicants could watch 12 kids every minute of the day, and he felt it |
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would be a major problem. Ms. Parker said that when they were in the |
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daycare center there would be a gate so they could not go upstairs. She |
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suggested that they could also get door alarms to install in the house. |
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Mr. Schroeder stressed that it would be much safer if they had an |
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electrically operated cover - one that would be fastened at the sides and |
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that adults could walk on. There was no way kids could get in the pool |
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once it was closed, and he hoped they would look into that. |
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Mr. Hooper welcomed the applicants. He asked if Buttons and Bows was |
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a corporation or just the name they came up with. Ms. Parker said it was |
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a corporate name and they were filing for an LLC. Mr. Hooper felt there |
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was an obvious need for the center because Rochester Hills was a |
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residential community of families. He asked if they had operated a day |
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care in their home for less than six children. Ms. Parker said she had |
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babysat for six and that she was a camp counselor and ran a hotel for 150 |
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people. Mr. Hooper thought it was a great location, but he was surprised |
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they built a home there. He never thought there would be a residence on |
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Rochester Road and now there also were two State licensed group homes |
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down the street. He recalled that the deed restrictions for the land kept |
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certain things from being built, but a home daycare was allowed. He |
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wished the applicants good luck. |
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