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• -10- present only to observe. Jeff Lofgren, 3109 Stinson Boulevard, made a suggestion relating to the unrelated persons issue at the conclusion of the discussion. Ted Misiak, 2812 - 30th Avenue N.E. -said the restriction of vehicles a homeowner could park in his own driveway really bothered him; -recalled that the City' s population had gone from over 10,000 to around 4,000 (7,770) since he had moved to St. Anthony and when there had been more large families with lots of kids and cars parked all over, there had been less problems with parking than since the population had gone down; -indicated he had only a one car garage which he uses to store the lawn mower, snow plow, bicycles, etc. , which his family uses and therefore needed to park the six cars his current family of five has on his driveway; -said later he occasionally parks a boat on the driveway when he brings it back from the lake and that one son also drives a motor- cycle to the University because it is cheaper and easier to park than a car; • -thought if he couldn' t park all those vehicles on the driveway, some of them would have to be parked in the street which could create a safety hazard for children and people walking or jogging past his house; -agreed cars should not be parked on lawns and that "junk" cars are put away from sight; but -didn' t see why his vehicles all which are licensed, and not "junky" , couldn' t be parked on his driveway as long as they fit there; -wanted to know whether the police would be tagging guests' cars if they stayed overnight; -asked "what' s the point of living in St. Anthony if you're not allowed to have motorcycles or boats?" His comments drew the following responses: Sundland -assured Mr. Misiak that the "police wouldn't be driving around tagging guests" and would probably never bother him as long as his neighbors weren't complaining; -told him the purpose of the Ordinance was to prevent people • from storing cars without motors, etc. on their property where they create "eyesores" for the neighbors;