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-2- this stage in the development and Commissioner • Bowerman indicated -he had not gotten that impression from Mr. Childs ' August 12th memorandum. Mr. Childs responded that the information referred to in the August 12th memo consisted of maps and data requested from the applicant by the Commission at their July 19th Commission meeting, which had not been received as of that time" . Page 8, para. 2 : Insert "has" as the first word in line 5. Page 12 , para. 1: Correct spelling of "square" in (2) . Motion carried unanimously. Commissioner Bjorklund commented he believes the Commission minutes consistently give an accurate report of what transpires during a meeting as contrasted with other official meetings in this area. He then consented to present the report on the meeting that evening to the Council at their September 27th meeting. A public hearing had been scheduled for 7: 35 P .M. on the request from Donald and Betty Lou Fvertz for a variance which would allow them to construct a 10 ' X 10 ' addition to the west side of their home at 2901 St. Anthony Boulevard. When it became apparent that there was no one to present the proposal, Mr. Childs suggested the matter be moved down on the agenda to give the proponents an opportunity to -be present for • the consideration. Mr. Bowerman indicated he would be opposed to such a move because he believed much Commission time had been wasted in just this manner when the proponents have failed to come to the meeting at the scheduled time. In the interest of greater efficiency for the Commission, he suggested the Commission adopt the practice of tabling all requests for which the proponents fail to show up within 15 minutes of the time the hearing is scheduled and not to arbitrarily change time of - a- public hearing-for.:.which -all legal requirements for. notice and scheduling have been followed. Commissioner Bjorklund indicated he agreed that the proponents should at least have the courtesy to show Up when the Commission members donating their own personal time to make a recommendation of such requests. for the Council. Commissioner Bjorklund said, however, he would have preferred addressing the request and mak- ing a decision on it that evening. Motion by Commissioner Bjorklund and seconded by Commissioner Wagner to modify the agenda order to consider Item #5 after V. Voting on the motion: Aye : Wagner, Makowske , and Franzese. Nay: Bjorklund and Bowerman. Motion carried. The company who handles all TCF signage apologized for not attending the public hearing on the request before the Commission on August 16th,