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-2- Planning Commission' s recommendation for such action seemed to be missing. He presented a print of the original site plans which had been drawn up June 7, 1963, which he indicated was fifteen months before the home at 3501 - 36th Street N.E. and 18 months prior ,to 'the construction of the Esau home at 3505 - 36th Avenue N.E. to the south of the church property. Commissioner Jones indicated he had visited the site and disagreed that the structure would only be the height of a two story house, saying Mr. Esau would actually be facing a building which is 34 feet higher than his property because of the higher elevation of the church site. The church trustee agreed there was a variation in the height of the bank at the south end of the lot and later indicated that though the total elevation of the church addition would be 24 . 8 feet , with the existing grade, the building would actually be an additional six feet higher for the Antczak property and between seven or eight feet higher than the Esau home . Commissioner Bowerman questioned the implication that the 1964 Council had given complete approval to all the plans presented to them at that time , believing they would not have approved any future plans without having detailed site plans for those improvements . He also asked whether the architect had taken core testings on which he had based his advice that the existing footings might not be adequate to support a second floor to which Mr . Jones responded that no such testings -had been taken to date but that alternate would still not be • acceptable to the building committee because with it the larger kitchen, narthex and restrooms the congregation needs would not be provided. Reverend Joseph Ol Valtinson, Jr . , 5215 Pierce Street N.E. , pastor of the Elmwood church, indicated he perceives his church provides a service to the community having a food shelf which provides for those who need help in the area and a licensed psychologist who ministers to City residents as well as parishioners of the church . Because no agreement was- reached at the August 4th meeting, Pastor Valtinson said he was appealing to the Planning Commission to settle the dif- ferences fairly. He mentioned that in his own- case, his view of the whole City. of Minneapolis was obstructed when his neighbor built his home and another neighbor had sued that neighbor for the same reason. He also cited what he perceives would be a similar incident in Edina, where a fast growing church enlarged its parking lot over the objections of the neighbors and provided enough plantings to provide a buffer which made the expansion less objectionable. The minister indicated he didn.' t:believe the size of the addition would be much wider than a normal home with an attached garage. Commissioner- Bjorklund indicated his experience with estimating church property had caused him to expect the cost of the proposed addition would be, closer to $300, 000 than the $150 , 000 reported by Mr. ,Jones . in his statement since at $150 ,000 the church would only be paying $20 . 23 per square foot, a completely unrealistic. .figure with today' s • construction costs . Reverend Valtinson indicated the cost estimate had come-from a contractor who was willing to let church members do the finishing work. : The minister assured the Commissioner that the