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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES August 16 , 1983 The meeting was called to order by Chair Makowske at 7: 35 P .M. Present for roll call : Zawislak, Bowerman, Makowske, Bjorklund, Wagner, and Jones . Absent: Franzese . Also present: David Childs , City Manager; and Jerry Gilligan, Acting City Attorney . An omission in the July 19th minutes was corrected a's follows : Page 1, para. 2 : Add Commissioner Jones ' name to, those in attendance. Motion by Commissioner Bowerman and seconded by Commissioner Jones to approve as amended the minutes of the Planning Commission meeting held July 19 , 1983 . Motion carried unanimously . Mr. Gilligan, who was sitting in for William Soth, was introduced to • the Commissioners . The Commission will be represented by Chair Makowske at the next Council meeting , August 23rd. . At 7: 36 P .M. , the public hearing on the Elmwood Lutheran Church con- ditional use' permit request was continued with approximately 20 interested -persons in attendance: Dick Jones , 5157 - 6th Street N.E. , who said he was representing the church as a trustee, read his prepared statement reporting on the meeting August 4th between church officials and six neighbors to the south of the church property at which five alternatives to the proposal submitted 'July 19th were explored. , In his statement, Mr. Jones cited the various reasons the building committee had for not constructing the addition in any other way than they had originally proposed , including the architect' s advice that several suggestions might be structurally unsound and the fact that with all other alternate plans the additional restrooms and kitchen expansion would not provide the seating in the sanctuary would be reduced from the number proposed with the addition of a fellowship hall . Mr. Jones further contended that when the building permit for the existing building was issued in 1964 , tacit approval was given for the proposal as presented July 19th as well as for the future construction of a new sanctuary when the congregation can afford it. Mr. Jones reported the ardhitect 'Could not be present that 'evening' because -he was on vacation and would probably not be back- before the • August 23rd Council meeting. He added that the minutes of the meeting July 20, 1964 at which the Council had approved the building permit for the existing building had been found in the City files , but the