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-3- Commission members to sit on the. deck he had. built on his home to improve his view to see how that view and air quality would be blocked by the church addition. He was also .concerned that the run- off from that building would ruin the planted .areas to the back of his property. The resident told of the many ways in which he had supported the church which at first was "very poor" and of his dis- appointment that. church officials hadn' t discussed their expansion plans with him.. He indicated the neighbors had always understood any expansion of the church property would -be to the north where the 150 foot. wall would only face the school. Mr. Esau also contended the addition would not be of benefit to the City if adjoining property values and taxes were decreased. Mr. and Mrs . Lawrence Antczak whose backyard at 3501 - 36th ,Avenue N.E. is about 75% blocked- off by the .existing structure, said, with the expansion, their property would be completely cut off and the pro- blems they now experience with runoff would be intensified. They joined Mr. Esau in saying .they .supported an expansion of .the church in any other direction than proposed and were . disappointed that they had not been consulted about the proposed addition. Mr. Dick Jones indicated he appreciated the neighbors.' comments and apologized for not taking the initiative for talking to them, which had had believed another church. of.ficial had. done. He said the church needs the added space primarily for classrooms and the original plans which had been referred to that evening, calling for �•` an expansion to the north, had .been drawn by a high school student and if followed, would prevent the addition of .a new sanctuary later when the church could afford it.. The trustee said he would talk to the architect to see what could be done to prevent the runoff onto the adjacent properties and would be open to suggestions from the neighbors about the plans . Commissioner Bowerman recalledthe questions raised about the obstruc- tion of sunlight by the elderly housing structure on Kenzie Terrace and wondered what effect 34 feet of obstruction would have across the back of the adjacent properties, even though the church is north of the adjacent properties . Since the church official had indicated the final plans would not be submitted for approval before the annual meeting in January, Commissioner Jones asked him if he would be amenable to tabling the Commission decision for a month in which time the proposal could be presented to the neighbors at a meeting between the groups . Mr. Dick Jones indicated he would welcome an opportunity to invite the neighbors to meet with the building committee and-.the .pastor to try to work out their differences. Mr. Esau then indicated he also was happy to hear the Commission member' s suggestion since he perceives the church .has done a wonderful job of bringing its message to the community and he had not understood why the decision had been made to obstruct his property.