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July 26, 1976 Page 10 Councilman Baumgartner stated that he would not want to deny youngsters of education the Center can provide; but Council has commitments to the property owners around the building. The Center is on special use now and it is out of the question to double the use. Councilman Pickar stated that Council approved in concept raising the limit to 100, so he is in favor of going to the 100 originally set up rather than moving it back to the limit of 75. Acting Mayor Hodges agreed. Councilman Baumgartner indicated that the previous vote was 4 to 1 to have staff investigate the possibilities of going to 100; there was no indication Council would go to 100. Councilman Shelquist preferred to see the bible school stay and the school be removed. He stated that that piece of property is not large enough nor is it currently structured in such a way that it lends itself to use as a school. It creates safety hazards for the children there. Except for the bituminous surfacing, nothing contained in Articles 6 and 10 of the special use permit is any different than what is required of all residents of Mounds View in Chapter 40. Therefore, there is nothing to negotiate. It is a matter of enforcing the laws of Mounds View. Councilman Shelquist also stated that an adults recreation may consist of going outside to have a cigarette, compared to children running and playing and walking 6 blocks to the park for recreation. Pastor Johns Matthews of the Center expressed the Center's intent of providing good schooling, good examples and good counseling to persons in Mounds View and surrounding communities. He stated that if there is no place for considering the "good" of the school in the decision, Mounds View is in a sad state. Roll call vote on the motion: Councilman Pickar - nay Councilman Shelquist - aye Councilman Baumgartner - aye Councilman Hodges - nay Motion failed. MS (Hodges - Pickar) to increase the enrollment to 150 with the stipulation that the staff recommendations for fence, parking lot and bible school be enforced; new Article X to be complied with by September 13, 1976 and Article VI complied with by September 1, 1977; and adding to revised Article VI after "bituminous surfacing" . . . "and to meet the requirements of Chapter 40.05 para. 2 no later than September 1, 1977 ". Councilman Pickar stated that since we learned that there was a school operating at the Center, the Center has cooperated extensively in trying to meet all the demands of the Council. Had the Center not brought this to our attention, we would have a hard time knowing whether they had 120 or 75 students.