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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES January 3, 1984 The special meeting of the Planning Commission called by the City Council to review and give . a recommendation on the revised site plans for a Conditional Use Permit for the proposed expansion of the Elmwood Lutheran Church at 3615 Chelmsford Road was called to order by Chair Pro Tem Zawislak at 7: 30 P.M. Present for roll call : Zawislak, Bowerman, Bjorklund, Wagner , and Franzese. Absent: Jones . Also present: David Childs , City Manager; and Councilman-elect Makowske, who was an observer and not a participant. On August 16, 1983, the Commission had recommended denial of the original Elmwood request fora 75 foot addition to the existing church structure because of objections of the neighbors to the size of the proposed expansion and its proximity to the abutting residences . In his December 28 memorandum to the Commissioners setting up the special meeting, Mr. Childs had advised them that , because major changes had been made in the church' s proposal and hei, neighbors ' concerns had been resolved, the Council had decided there was justification for returning the request for a Conditional Use Permit to the Commission for further consideration prior to final action by the Council January 10 . The Manager had attached to his memorandum the revised site plans for the main floor and basement addition which had reduced the extension to the existing sanctuary to 15 feet and had moved the classroom addition back 57 feet from the property line. The new plans were identified as Exhibit A by Commissioner Bjorklund. Mr. Childs indicated staff had recommended approval of the revised proposal perceiving no major neighbor concerns remained unresolved after the meetings of church and neighbor representatives , which he had attended. He reported the church officials had agreed to provide low maintenance type landscaping on the south side of the building to alleviate the problem of mowing the steep embankment which separates the church property from the residential backyards on that side- and to soften the impact of the church building on those abutting properties . Elmwood representatives had also agreed not to extend the sactuary any further east or west anytime in the future , the Manager said. Dick Jones, 5157 6th Street N. E. , an Elmwood trustee and chairman of the church' s building committee , reported that , after the project architect had 'explained to the neighbors that the balcony addition they had suggested would not e--structurally feasible, they had indicated a willingness to .c-erpt the proposed 15 foot extension of the sanctuary as long as