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-5- they experience now, and would lower the market value of their home. " • They also iraised the question of whether the addition might cut off the access to their property for emergency vehicles and power company service for the transformer in their back yard. Mr. Weiberg then told the Commission members he had served as spokes- person for the .six affected property owners along 36th Avenue at the meeting with the church officials and had been requested to present a petition, signed by 23 of his neighbors , representing 13 households on 36th Avenue and Wendhurst, against the addition which they perceive would be "injurious to property values. of the existing homes" and requesting an -environmental study, including the potential for water runoff damage and possible hazard of cutting off utility and Fire Department access to their homes , before final approval of any build- ing plan is given. In response to the latter, Commissioner Zawislak said he imagined NSP would follow their usual procedure of moving a transformer when access becomes difficult. Raul F. Cifuentes, who indicated he had moved to his home at 3413 36th Avenue N.E. in June of this year, asked why he had not been notified about the two hearings on this proposal. He was told the tax rolls which list the previous owner had been- used for the mailing of notices and that person- had apparently not returned the letter to him. Mr. Cifuentes indicated he believed the proposed addition would be a problem for all the residents on 36th with the increase of cars and noise on the property and said he would -never have purchased the • home if the realtor had told him .about .the proposed expansion. He added that. right now he has trouble listening to his own music on Sunday mornings because of the organ music coming from the church. His final point was his personal . opinion. that churches like Elmwood and St. Charles should not be spending _money on expansions when there are so many people dying of starvation all over the world. Commissioner Jones noted the proposed expansion would add 75 feet to the existing 60 foot church wall, resulting in a 135 foot long building for the neighbors to look at. He explored several other ways of preventing this , but Mr. Gavin told him the. proposed plan was the only one the architect considered would be considered economically feasible for the additional room the .church needs with the existing sewer and water service. Whenasked whether the architect would be available to answer the questions more specifically at the Council meeting, Mr. Jones said that person would not be able to attend that meeting either. The meeting was closed at 9 :05 P .M. , for Commission discussion and action. Mr. Gilligan indicated he would not betoo concerned with any tentative expansion plans developed for the church in 1963 since he perceives the Council in 1964 only approved the building plans for the existing structure and not these plans . He told the Chair the City would not be • bound by any implied approval of the expansion in view of the passage of 20 years and changes in the neighborhood -makeup since that time. He confirmed that a conditional use permit is only good for one year, if the approved use is not constructed.