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