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1 considered preventing any right hand turns for drivers using 39th <br />2 Avenue as an exit, but the neighbors had convinced him that might pose <br />3 problems for some of them. However, he said he would only vote to <br />4 approve a conditional use permit for two additional drive -up lanes if <br />5 the bank put a stop sign at their 39th Avenue exit. The Mayor <br />6 reiterated a fifth lane would be unpalatable to him because no real <br />7 hardship had been shown to justify its inclusion in the expansion <br />8 plans. He added that as far as emergency vehicles went, they would <br />9 just have to drive on the grass to reach the bank building. <br />10 Mayor Sundland indicated he also recalled the bank had run into some <br />11 marginal soil on the south side of the building during construction an <br />12 he agreed with Mr. Galush that the southern portion of the bank's <br />13 property was still zoned for residential and not commercial use, <br />14 contrary to the sign their real estate company had erected indicating <br />15 the lot was "available for commercial development." <br />16 The bank official said he had that sign taken down a year ago. He tol <br />17 the neighbors that whatever the Council decided to do about the bypas <br />18 lane, TCF intended to "remain a good neighbor to residents who live <br />19 near our bank." Mr. Galush urged them to continue to let the TCF <br />20 management know whenever they are unhappy about something that's going <br />21 on at the bank "to keep them from becoming too complacent." <br />22 In spite of assurances that the bypass lane was not going to be <br />23 approved, several neighbors were allowed to reiterate their objections <br />24 to that part of TCF's proposal. <br />25 George Thompson, 3015 - 39th Avenue N.E., said: <br />26 *in the 18 years he had lived across from TCF, he had never seen <br />27 a good reason to have an emergency lane; <br />28 *reported another neighbor, Duane Stanley, who had spoken against <br />29 the proposal during the last Commission hearing, had called him <br />30 to say he would be unable to attend the meeting, but wanted <br />31 Mr. Thompson to let the Council know he still opposed the by - <br />32 lane; <br />33 *suggested the bank's west entrance had little usage and by <br />34 changing its location by putting an entrance on the south side o <br />35 the building, TCF might solve a lot of the traffic and parking <br />36 problems; <br />37 *reiterated that he would prefer having bank customers driving <br />38 back out on 39th Avenue to park rather than having to look at <br />39 another lane of black top on his side of the property or having <br />40 the bank attempt to replant those healthy maples on a berm. <br />41 Ruth Nelson, 3916 Macalaster Drive, indicated she had been one of the <br />42 neighbors who had originally been opposed to putting even a savings an <br />43 loan in that residential area and she didn't think "TCF should be <br />R <br />