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1182 we're waiting? Nilsen Yes. r:2embrez I neglected to go back to how ~t2r. Lindig's property was re- zoned. Back in 191~b, TQr. Lindig came before the rosetov~~nship asking for the rezoning of this property. At that time, ±.he Board of Supervisors submitted this request to the Ramsey County Planning Commission. This Commission is not very active today but they were very active those days. They have representatives from every township in Ramsey County, Village Engineers, County Auditor's Office and a representative from the City Engineer's Office. That petition was submitted to the Ramsey County Planning Commission. They, in turn, submitted it to the zoning committee which was a branch of the P~amsey County Planning Commission. The zoning committee made a survey of this property and they recomended to the Ramsey County Planning Commission that the property be rezoned to a commercial classifi- cation. At that meeting in Jamaary, 191.17, the Ramsey County Planning Commission accepted the report of the zoning committee and unanimously recommended to the Board of Supervisors of Rose . To~rmship tha± this property be zoned from farm residence to busi- ness. I -repeat again that. at that time this land was vacant here. Yse had no homes and as ?dr. Lindig mentioned a few moments ago anyone who bought property certainly should have made it their business to find out how the property was classified -- "rdr. Lin- dig's property and the property across the street and so forth. That's the story of the rezoning of Mr. Lindig's property. There seems to be some question as to why the property to the west was not similarly rezoned -- it was because the owners of the property were not interested in rezoning and didn't request rezoning. That's the thing in a nut shell. Thank you. very much. Korstad I wish to say that regardless of when or how fir. Wm. Lindi~;'s property was rezoned commercial, it still constitutes spot zoning; it still is discriminatory; it still is unfair to all the zoning; it still is improper to the uniformity of all the zoning along Larpenteur. It does not make any difference that the people did not come forth to object. I don't think we waive our rights as far as equity is concerned as to what would go in there. As soon as we found such a monstrosity as six huge apartment buildings might go in there, you bet we objected. Then we found out really what might happen. ~Te have already testified to the devaluation of the homes in the surrounding area and it certainly amounts to a Brea':, deal more than the devaluation of the 1~jm. Lindig property. I feel very sorry about this whole thing and I think everybody in our whole neighborhood does. It certainly is nothing personal with ~Ir. Lindig. It is too bad that the whole of Larpenteur was not zoned commercial X35 or l~31 feet all the way along all the way up to Eustis. Vice vrouldn't have to be here, but the point is it wasn't done. It was only done in one spot and in a residential area. That is why we are here. V4e wish we didn't have to come up here and ask for rezoning as far as the Lindigs are concerned. We feel very badly about it, but we do not feel that Wm. Lindig was entitled to have his property rezoned. It is not uniform with the zoning as far as Larpenteur Avenue is concerned and as far as the other greenhouses are concerned. It would not be fair to have one spot zoned that deep. Otis P~Sr. Chairman.