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8- adjoining -adjoining property owners of record within 350 feet of the subject property. No one present reported failure to receive that notice • or objected to its content and the Manager reported receiving no objections to the request. Commissioner Wagner stepped down temporarily to discuss the church' s proposal. He is a member of the church and the Financial Chairman on the Building and Rebuilding Committee . He .said the church Com- mittee had considered several alternatives as to whether to rebuild at the present site or somewhere else. Their decision had been to rebuild onsite and would involve about a $300,000 expense to the church with 'the remainder of the cost expected .to be picked up by insurance coverage. Commissioner Wagner indicated the first thing the Committee decided to do was to expand the sanctuary and increase the seating capacity. He said they also proposed to expand the park- ing spaces to bring them up .to code, which would somewhat relieve onstreet parking problems . Other changes proposed- for the interior would include handicapped .accessibility ramps to both levels and a provision to be installed for the handicapped along with improvements in the bathrooms . The nursery school would have ground floor access and an outdoor play area directly connected to the school and the kitchen area would also be improved, Commissioner Wagner said. Area neighbors were surveyed on the previous Sunday and did not object to any of the proposed rebuilding. The original church was erected in 1957 and the education wing along Belden Drive was added in 1965 . Commissioner Wagner indicated the targeted completion date was Easter, however he had reservations about that timeframe.. He • informed the Commission members the project, including furnishings , will cost about $1- million. Commissioner Wagner went on to say the church has a seating capacity for 210 seats and the proposed parking capaci.ty ::is-..proposed to increase from 60 to 84 spaces . Commissioner Bjorklund indicated he would like to see a larger play area which could perhaps be ac- complished by cutting the proposed parking spaces from 84 to 79 . Commissioner Wagner believes the church Committee would be amenable to that suggestion. There was no opposition to the proposal, however, a neighbor, Dan Korba, 2708 Hilldale , was present to express his concern with the snow plowing and granite chips which .had been placed on the surface of the parking lot at the church. Mr. Korba said the plow plows the snow across the parking lot directly into his front _yard. He would like that to cease. He suggested the situation could be rectified if the church could enlarge the lot and reduce snow storage on the property. Mr. Korba also wondered if a barrier for headlights had been considered which would screen the lights from beaming into the residents ' windows . Commissioner Wagner indicated he will bring the plowing problem to the attention of the church trustees and he had not realized this was a concern. The public hearing was closed at 10 : 02 P.M. by Chairman Zawislak for • Commission consideration and action. Motion by Commissioner Bjorklund and seconded by Commissioner Hansen to recommend the Council approve the plan for rebuilding Faith United