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Planning & Zoning Board March 8, 2000 Page 4 Mr. VonBische stated he would be willing to accept an extension on the application. He noted that he came to the property because of an individual who stated they wanted to sell, and there were 13 people who were selling this particular piece of property. Dorothy Kvitek , one of the individuals selling the property, said she would never leave the property as she had lived there all of her life, and she intends to remain there for the rest of her life. Mr. VonBische said he used to believe that families got along, that churches only wanted to do the right thing, that cities do the right thing for the residents, and that neighbors generally get along with one another. He commented that he does not believe these things any more. Mr. VonBische reported the House of Praise Church is being asked to split its parcel in half, right in the middle of the property. However, the Church believes it is going to expand, and the only way to do this is to acquire land. He reported the Church has two beliefs —one is that it is fine where it is for now, and the other is that it believes someone should expand the property for them. Mr. VonBische stated the City has told him that he is not in compliance with the County's plan. One alternative that the County has i e plan is that Main Street should have an alternate connection to I -35W in this area. onBische asked why this statement in the County's plan was ignored, bu gssu th Wood Duck Trail was not ignored. Mr. VonBische went on to say that at the developer should give them a road, a,,ha anything to the developer. Mr. Vo the plat. od meeting, the neighbors said the would subdivide the land and not pay d these concerns have been addressed on Mr. VonBische pointed out operty is guided and zoned R -1, it is in the MUSA, and he has done everything to accommodate the Church, the neighbors, and the City. He said his company will go to great lengths to prove they have the right to develop the site. He noted the Rice Creek Watershed District even thanked him for doing a project that increased and improved the water quality of the area, and the plat meets the Watershed Districts requirments. He said the Watershed District verbally approved the project at his meeting with them yesterday. He said the critical issue is the negotiations with the Church. He said the Church's request would make the property worth $150,000 per acre, and he was not able to pay that. He had determined the land to be worth about $28,000 per acre, and he offered the Church more than that, but the Church said it did not want that. Therefore, the Church would end up with a road down the middle of its property. Mr. VonBische distributed and referred to pictures of the Church, noting that one can see that it was first a ballroom, then a bar, and then a church. He said the building currently can not meet the applicable code requirements, and it could not meet any code requirements in the future if it were to expand. • so •