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1 said "It' s zoned single family now, why mess it up?' , 2 indicated that if he had not been on vacation, he 3 would. probably have been able to get "almost every one 4 of my neighbors up here to protest the zoning change" ; 5 considered the road to be a hazard and reported he had 6 just built a $30 , 000 garage on Penrod just to get away 7 from exiting onto 37th where his family had been hit 8 four times. 9 Roger Rafferty, 3630 Penrod Lane, said his property 10 would border the southeast corner of the lot in 11 question; 12 indicated he was "totally opposed" to a double 13 bungalow on that lot; 14 questioned whether a double bungalow with a double 15 garage would meet the site requirements; 16 asked "why create any more rental property when what 17 the City needs is young families who own their homes 18 in the City?" ; 19 said a double bungalow meant two families had to con- 20 tend with the hazards on 37th. 21 Mike Solz , who Mr. Anderson said owned the property at 22 3636 Penrod Lane, was present and nodded his head when 23 his neighbor said he opposed the property. 24 Mr. Lee indicated he had been a St. Anthony resident 25 and owned property there since 1929 and he had serious 26 doubts whether any type of residential development 27 should be allowed on that busy corner; 28 wondered if the City couldn' t make some use of the 29 property and build something to facilitate traffic, 30 like perhaps another turning lane for that corner; . 31 was told by the Chair that she perceived the City 32 wanted to put the property to use to get some tax 33 ' dollars from it. 34 Proponent: Scott A. Holm, President of Reliable Builders, identi- 35 fied himself as the builder and said he probably should 36 have talked to the neighbors before the hearing; 37 14