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greenhouses and you can see how the scales shift. Why should the .1177 Wm. Lindig property alone be zoned commercial all the way back? There is no sense to it, there is no reason to it, there is no need..- for it. In fact, the need is the other way around. It interferes with the residents in the residential A, zoning. It is discriminatory as far as the other greenhouse owners on Larpenteur are concerned. I don't think its fair to any of us or to any of them. We have gone as a group and tat ked to quite a number of the people who live in Falcon Heights. We have circulated a petition. This petition is not a petition where we stood on the corner and said in about one sentence, "dill you sign here? - Don't read it, but sign it." These petitions were explained to the residents. We have knocked on the doors. We have had the zoning maps with us, we have had the facts as they have been brought out to the olanning commission at the last two meetings. These facts have been patiently explained to people at each home. We did not have time to cover all of Falcon Heights obviously in the limited time we had, but we have talked seriously to all the people. We have explained something about some apartment buildings coming in. We have explained the tax loss resulting from apartments We have gone over the zoning map showing where a large tract of 435' depth was zoned commercial in the middle of a residential area without any conformity with any other property along Larpenteur, except where you get up to Snelling and Larpenteur - obviously the business district. There is no such depth as far as commercial zoning all the way along Larpenteur. We have explained the other greenhouse ordinances and that they are zoned primarily "Farmland". They were not given the same right as Wm. Lindig. We have patiently shown and explained what the meetings were about prior to this time. We have taken a lot of time at each place. These petitions were not signed blindly. The people read them and they were explained to them, and I would like to present to the Council these petitions signed by 675 voters and residents of Falcon Heights. This resolution simply says that the undersigned people wish to have the Wm. Lindig property rezoned to residential ~, except for the south 179' which should and must remain commercial to be uni- form along Larpenteur. However, Mr. Lindig is certainly entitled as a matter of right and a matter of law to his present non-confor w- ing use which is also stated in the petition. The resolution also recommends to the Council, and I know this is nothing new to the Council, I know that you have as a group talked about and are talk- ing about hiring a Planning Engineer to make a study of the zoning for Falcon Heights; not only as to classification but as to the restrictive covenants within these general classifications so that we as people and you as councilmen know that a drive-in or ballroom or something of that kind will not go in a certain place. You will determine what goes in each place, and the general make-up of the Village. You will also determine if an apartment building will go in a certain place and, if so, what the density is -- all of those restrictions. I appreciate, gentlemen of the Council, that this is nothing new to you - that you have discussed it and are currently . in the position of attempting to hire a planning engineer. You have discussed it many times in the last couple months and I do not want to leave the impression with you or the people of Falcon Heights that we are attempting to recommend something to the Council