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Page 11 June 28, 1976 Councilman Baumgartner stated that you are at the point where your building is not large enough. He would not deny children the opportunity to go to their school, but we hear the citizen convnents and we have to, consider them. Mayor Johnson spoke against the motion. He feels that there are problems with the use of the facilities and some problems wi t neighbors. However, using the 75 limit is arbitrary and rather Lua sti the growth he would like to have serious consideration given an increase to at least allow them to continue for the next period time. to give them an opportunity to continue with their work. I -wou like to find out what the minimum increase would be that they would find acceptable. Councilman Baumgartner stated that today they ask for 125 in 6 months they may ask for 200, etc. Mayor Johnson stated that Mr. Matthews indicated that 150 would be th maximum in terms of the facility there. Councilman Shelquist stated that his motion is specifically addressed to a letter to the Mayor and the Council in which they ask for the removal of the 75 limit. Mr. Daire said that the limit they are seeki might reach 200. My original motion a year and a half ago was for 60 and it was expanded to give room for growth. I do not feel the facilit is large enough. It' is located on streets that are heavily travelled and there is no adequate playground space- At the time the Special Use Permit was granted, we were aware of the use of Hillview Park and at the Planning Commission we heard conflicting testimony as to whether the children were going helter skelter to the park or were under control. If they continue the use of the park we should be giving consideration for reimbursement of the city for wear and tear on its park. If we were to remove 75 from Article IV we would immediately have to put a control on, and I am not comfortable with anything but 75. Mr. Glazer stated that he would think that before you would consider any increase it would be proper to clear up these problems first. Mr. Glazer and Mr. Tritkowski asked if this were not a religious institution would the Mayor feel the same way and Mayor Johnson replied only slightly. He thinks you have to be a little tolerant there has to be a way to allow that facility to continue to operate. A roll call vote was asked for on the motion. Councilman Baumgartner aye Countilman Pickar aye Councilman Shelquist aye Councilman Hodges nay Mayor Johnson aye What we did, Mayor Johnson stated, was to deny the request which would make it a capacity of 328 which is too much. Mr. Fischel, what is the minimum number of increase in pupils that you would be willing to find acceptable?