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Pl anni ng & Zo ni n g B o ar d Mar c h 10 , 20 04 Page 9 APPROVED MINUTES mental retardation. She stated some resi dents would hold daytime jobs. She did not anticipate they would need significant medical care, but it was a possibility. Chair Schaps asked if the residents would dr ive vehicles. Ms. Penner replied they would not be driving vehicles. Chair Schaps asked about their parking needs. Ms. Penner replied they were flexible on this, and the existing parking would be us ed for visitors, staff meetings, etc. Mr. Tralle asked if the group home would be maintained by the church. Ms. Penner replied their church had a mini stry that had group homes in other states called Covenant Ministries and that ministry would provide the support. She stated the home would be run by a Committee that were members of thei r Church. She stated the only issue they had right now was if the land was to be turned over to Covenant Mini stries, or if it would be a lease proposition, but it would s till be connected to the Church. Mr. Tralle asked where were the residents coming from. Ms. Penner replied they would be coming from the Anoka County area through the Social Services program. She noted the County was very excited about this project . She indicated they already had residents they were interested in living at the home. William McCully, stated the driveway location was chosen where it was because if they moved it over, they would be impacting an existing retainage pond even more than they already were. He stated the area they currently had the driveway in, was the best area for it to be located. Chair Schaps asked if there had been a neighborhood meeting and had it been well attended. Mr. Yantos replied there had b een a meeting and he believed it was well attended. Ms. Meilke, lives in middle lot, asked how far away was the parking lot from her land. Chair Schaps asked if she had attended the neighborhood meeting and had she got her questioned answered. Ms. Meilke replied she had attended th e neighborhood meeting and her questions were not answered. She st ated she was concerned about the closeness of the wetland. She asked if trees would be removed and noted trees were already marked on the property. Mr. McCully replied the building was 85 feet from her property line. Ms. Meilke asked if the trees would be left, or would they be leveled. Mr. McCully stated it was their intent to save as many trees as they could realizing that trees would need to be removed fo r the driveway and parking lot. Chair Schaps stated there would be a survey of the property to determine the species of the trees and that could be why the trees were marked.