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Mr. Hedlund then disagreed that his proposal would result in spot zoning_, since there had already been several similar enterprises such as the Herfurth Realty office next door, Twin City Federal.'s proposed building which had been approved by the City as well as the conditional use permits which had been granted for the retirement apartments and his own construction office, although neither of them had materialized. He felt the conclusion of the Nason, Wehrman, Chapman study for that section of the City had been that, once commercial zoning had been established it was "too late to go back". Mr. Hedlund told the Council that First American Care Facilities which still has a conditional use permit for a retirement apartment complex on the property, adjacent to the lot in question, had not given up on securing funding for that enterprise in spite of the decision b_v HUD not to provide such funding at this time. He then reauested the Mayor to brief the Council on the eventuality of securing funding of the low income housing for that area. Mayor Miedtke then affirmed the.fact that he had recent conversations with :Retro Council personnel which seemed to indicate there was some interest on the Council's part in the development of low income housing in St. Anthony. Mrs. Chester Nelson, 3916 Macalaster Drive, however questioned why the Council would ever allow a concentration of such housing in one area because of the tendency of such housing to deteri- orate to a slum. Mrs. Nelson also expressed her opposition to the beauty shop usage feeling it would not fit into the residential neighborhood, saying that if the business was so profitable it would probably generate more traffic than would be advisable on Silver Lake Road. She also said she had been a resident of that area for 29 years and with the know- ledge she had of the time prior to then disputed Mr. Hedlund's infer- ence that there had ever been any other than residential zoning for that parcel of. land. Mrs. Ruth Thompson, 3015- 39th Avenue N.R. was concerned that the beaut% shop owners would provide sufficient screening from the single family residences, which are proposed for the top portion of Mr. Hedlund's land, citing the Herfurth Realty property next door as an example of how landscaping agreements are not kept. She also feared the beauty shop would set a precedent for a proliferation of driveways onto Silver Lake Road. Her husband, George Thompson, also opposed the request saying he considered it was just the beginning of a "strip of cormer- cial". The Council then discussed the proposal and offered their individual conceptions of what would be good land usage for that particular strip of undeveloped property. Councilman Stauffer said in perference to having a heavy commercial development, she would rather see established in that area either multiple dwellings such as townhouses, fourplexes or patio homes or service office usage with the allowance of a special use permit under the "B" classification for the beauty shop which could only revert to (2)