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1 by 40 foot structure depicted in Reliable Builder ' s <br /> 2 drawing in the agenda packet would meet the minimum <br /> 3 requirements for two family dwelling first floor areas <br /> 4 which he read aloud; <br /> 5 added that there was certainly adequate lot size for a <br /> 6 conforming double bungalow dwelling to be constructed; <br /> 7 reported a call had come into the City offices that day <br /> 8 from Gerald Smith, 3629 Silver Lake Road, who, though <br /> 9 he did not specifically oppose the rezoning, questioned <br /> 10 what this type of development might do to property <br /> 11 values ; <br /> 12 said he understood Mr. Hamer had' also gotten a call <br /> 13 from the property owner to the east which questioned <br /> 14 the rezoning; <br /> 15 reiterated that the City' s Comprehensive Plan had con- <br /> 16 sidered single family zoning for this parcel, probably <br /> 17 because that was what was on the property when the Plan <br /> 18 was written; <br /> 19 pointed out on the zoning map that all property on 37th <br /> 20 Avenue west of Silver Lake Road is R-2 and all property <br /> • 21 on the east side, except a parcel near Wilshire Park <br /> 22 School, is classified with an R-1 zoning; <br /> 23 told Commissioner Wagner he wasn' t certain the Silver <br /> 24 Lake Road median wouldn' t interfere with the proposed <br /> 25 driveway on that side of whether there were utility <br /> 26 boxes and transformers buried in that location. <br /> 27 Opponents: Bruce Anderson, 3640 Penrod Lane, said he had moved to <br /> 28 St. Anthony to avoid living in an- area full of double <br /> 29 bungalows with transient inhabitants who moved every <br /> 30 six months or a year; <br /> 31 perceived there were enough double bungalows on 37th <br /> 32 not to add another to the area; <br /> 33 reported Marilee Higgins who had lived in the single <br /> 34 family dwelling on that corner before it was acquired <br /> 35 by Hennepin County had intended to attend this meeting <br /> 36 to testify that the County "had practically guaranteed" <br /> 37 that the zoning would remain single family but a strep <br /> 38 throat and a temperature of 104 deg. prevented her <br /> 39 attendance; <br /> 40 stated he didn' t want the property behind him to be <br /> •41 zoned double bungalow; <br /> 13 <br />