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-6- 1 Commissioner Bjorklund indicated he had been glad to see the motion 2 had specified no particular type of exterior finish since that way, 3 the developer would have the flexibility of matching the building to 4 the Kenzington or of using a better type of material which might come 5 along before the building is constructed. Mr. Childs assured him that 6 as Executive Director for the H.R.A. he would be augmenting. the 7 Commission' s formal statements with what he perceives were their 8 underlying concerns . He then indicated the Commission recommendations 9 would be reported to the Council and H.R.A. during their meetings 10 April 10th. 11 12 The meeting was recessed at 9 : 00 P.M. and reconvened at 9 : 02 P.M. 13 to consider new plans for the expansion of the Good Luck Cafe , located 14 on the corner of 27th Avenue and Coolidge Street N.E. The Commission 15 had recommended Council denial of the first proposal to expand the 16 restaurant indicating they perceived the plans were inadequate as 17 presented and the applicant had been unable to satisfactorily address 18 the concerns expressed by a number of adjoining neighbors about dif- 19 ferent aspects of the proposal . -When their recommendation was pre- 20 sented to the Council July 26 , 1983, that body complied with the 21 applicant' s request that he be allowed to rework the plans for future 22 Commission consideration. 23 24 Mr. Childs indicated that because of the time which had elapsed, he 25 had again notified all property owners within 350 feet of the subject 26 property that- a new proposal had been submitted and would be acted • 27 on by the Commission that evening. 28 29 In addition to the copy of the notice, the Manager had included in 30 the agenda packet a copy of the February 14th letter written on 31 behalf of the applicant to the neighbors telling them about his new 32 expansion plans and inviting them to a presentation of those plans 33 in the cafe February 19th, to which Mr. Kwong had attached a rendering 34 of site plans . Copies of a February 20th letter from one neighbor at 35 2805 Pahl Avenue, opposing the expansion and another from a resident 36 on St. Anthony Boulevard, several blocks away, which favored the 37 proposal, had also been included, and Mr. Childs indicated he had 38 received three telephone calls against the request. 39 40 The letter of opposition was from Dr. Preston Williams who lives in 41 the close vicinity of the cafe who reiterated his earlier objections 42 to the expansion of the cafe which he believes would "encroach by 43 proximity, cooking odors , refuse production, and increased traffic on 44 the adjacent residential property and the tranquility and stability 45 thereof" . Dr. Williams indicated he viewed the addition of sale of 46 wine and beer on the premises as a potential for introduction of a 47 disruptive element and said he perceived the erection of the proposed 48 sign on the roof of the remodeled building would provide "visual 49 pollution the neighborhood doesn' t need" . The physician recommended 50 that rather than rezoning the portion of the property which is now 51 residential, the City consider changing the commercial zoning to 52 residential "regardless .of the consequences" . Many of the same objec- • 53 tions were expressed by Donald Drusch, 2804 Pahl Avenue, and Isabelle 54 Blackfeldner, 2808 Pahl, who live close to the cafe, who were present 55 for the discussion.