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-9- of his property as being industrial by verbalizing as much to the City and the neighbors at every opportunity he had. The fact it has always been industrial will probably result in it being considered just that by a court of law. Mr. Enrooth thought that considering the heavy industrial uses of that area, Mr. Blanske' s proposal - that his property become a buffer, "is probably the most reasonable land use we have to consider He drew a comparison with this question and . the problems of air- ports where families build around the airport and then complain about its noise. Mr. Peterson agreed with this assessment. Although he conceded the mini-storage facility might be a reasonable use, Mr. Jones suggested the City might cooperate with Mr. Blanske regarding the vacation of the road and work with him to develop townhouses on that site on Mirror Lake which is an ideal use location for townhouses. He personally views mini-storage facilities as vehicles for bad soil locations mostly near freeways or railroads where apartments are not feasible. Mr. Bjorklund saw the proposal as a "gross conflict of land uses" . • The use should fit in with the lakeshore and shoulc be for residential development. Eliot Saliterman, 25 University Avenue S.E. and Wayne R. Whitehill, Jr. , 3528 Roosevelt Street N.E. ,. appeared to seek concept reaction of the Commission as to the feasibility of rezoning 2548 Kenzie Terrace for a retail or service office building. Mr. Saliterman said his father also has a contract deed from Gainsley for the adjoining triangular piece of land. He confirmed the residence in question, had just been remodeled by Mike Mezzenga at a cost of between $15,000* and $20,000 for residential use. Mr. Jones told -Mr. Saliterman the Commission would need .more specifics than offered to--give- an opinion and that parking for that type of development on that site would almost certainly be a problem, he added, but agreed this was not an ideal site for a residence. He and the other Commission members then told Mr. Saliterman. the condi- tion of the adjoining shopping Center he owns will be a contributing factor in their consideration of a request for further commercial development in the area. His father has not been responsive to attempts _ of the City to sit down with him and other interested parties to try to find some solution for- the- steadily decaying condition of the area. Mr. Saliterman denied ever receiving notices of meetings and promised to contact Jim Fornell soon.