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-2- <br />Ms. Haake oalled to order at 8:50 pm the publia hearing fnr Comp~selon <br />~~ Christian Center.. Property Involvedt ~901 Red Oak Drive. <br />Special Use Permit (Idodification of Ooaupancy). <br />Ms. }{aake expltiined that the Compaseion Christian Center wnuld like <br />to have a statement inserted in their agroement whiah would read <br />as IV attaahed. Jamea Uairo epoxe for the Center, explninin~ the <br />oongregation, where L•hey came from and tah,y they are there, summnrized <br />ae tnllowo: <br />They began with Fome coun~elling but becnme too lar~e and docided, <br />as a amall grou~ ef people to buy a small ~hurch. They had an <br />an opportuni.ty to buy Abiding Snvior Luther~n Church and were ploased. <br />The firab yeui~ tha aiumber x,`,n camc •rrere up to 63, than 113, and last <br />year thay ware up to 140 p~oole in bheir Fiible clase. Congrep,atio~~ <br />began to gro~e and they becnme interested in Christi.e.n education <br />so they contacteri Ralph Smeltrer, t•~ho .is a special education teucher <br />anrt knovre hnw t,~ work r:ith child.^en, and in *he fali of ZS'7~~ thoy <br />h¢d 32 children en.rolled in their day ochool. They had not inquired <br />as to whether they needed a permit. A year and a half a~o they wore <br />told to come in and predent their case ns to why they ahou2d httve a <br />special use permit. The Planning Commisaion and the Council con~idered <br />their requost app»opriate atld pranL•ed the permit. They have now <br />diecontinued L•heir nrintinp; ministry in accord vrlth the fire marsht~ll~a <br />instruction. They were told to put in a fire alarm e,yqtem, which they <br />f,,.~ did. At ttie time they were asked iiow big this would be snd we etated <br />~ ~ that we oould accommodate 60-~5 quPile wlzich they thought the school <br />.,~,,~ wauld grow to. They were vrrong. By the end ~f the lot school year <br />' thEre were 63 studer.ts. Theq became concerned. Beaoming coneerned <br />for hie daughUer~s Christian educabinn he enrolled her and thero were <br />already 75'Pupils enrolled and they wQre only allowed 75 pupila. l+fhat <br />ehould they do7 The couroe of action suggeeted was to hava themselvc3 <br />released Ly the city limiting them to 75 atudr.nto a* any time. They <br />made a mietake and did not Eauge the growth correcbly. If they are <br />released they are asking that their day school 6e traated ao any other <br />day echool. They et~llad the fi.re marah¢11 and he stated, and aubsequently <br />wrote t~ the City Council, that the maximum number of' children that <br />ahould be allowed wae ~28. They are wi111ng to qbide by an5• iimita <br />of the et•ate buiZding cou:.~ and the rire code that may be Smposed. 328 <br />is ~ust a teehnioal number 3o they added number IV (attached). <br />The elementary studente are there from Bs30 am to 2:30 ~m nnd the adult <br />B11zle dtudy p,roug meetings from 8:00 am to 12:10 pm. <br />fdr. Muckeben asked if~ they could always anticipate 1~10 in the Bible <br />class and Mr. Daire replied that this was difficult to say aa they <br />w;111 begin emphaeizin~ aotive ministry outside the building sa they <br />probebly would not have an inereaea ae th~y would be maybo one nonth <br />vrhen they would he ftWAV from the huilding, then in 3 months, then off <br />one month, etc. <br />Ralph Smeltzer indicated thst it wae not neceasarily poin~ to prow every <br />µ. year. The smallness is what Se ideal for them. <br />V <br />