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• 1 Dennis. Olson, 3117 Rankin Road, Chairman of the church building committee was 2 present to answer. any questions -the Commissioners might have about the project. 3 He said the church':s previous plans to add to the south side of their structure 4 had not met either the church's purposes because the fellowship hall would have 5 been too far from the kitchen or the wishes of the adjacent neighbors on 36th 6 Avenue who would have been most affected. Present plans called for building the 7 addition on the north side of the church where the neighbors had suggested it 8 be located right from the start, Mr. Olson said. The church representative had 9 constructed a model of the church -with the addition and said the decision had 10 been made to construct -the sanctuary at an angle because the building committee 11 had perceived it would be more attractive in that location than just squared off 12 with the rest of the building. Mr. Olson told the Commissioners there was a 13 change in elevation from the sketch they had in their agenda packets because 14 Dave Nordine of Architects Plus in Faribault, the project architect, had perceived 15 a steepled roof would be more compatible to' the rest of the church building than 16 a flat roof. The building chairman indicated he thought the new roof would be 17 lower, or about the same, as the existing sanctuary roof but added that if a 18 cross were added, it might be higher. 19 20 Commissioner Bowerman said he understood that since there were no variances 21 required for the project, it had .only been because the church is located in a 22 residential area that a conditional use permit is necessary. 23 24 Larry Antczak, 3501 - 36th Avenue N.E. , indicated he had been one of the neighbors 25 who had opposed an- addition on the other side of the church because of its proxi- 26 mity to his home, but after attending the. meeting of church officials with the 27 neighbors, said he was wholeheartedly in favor of the addition to be made on the 28 north side. Erling Weiberg, who had served as spokesman for the neighbors who 29 had opposed the southern addition, indicated he perceived all the neighbors 30 considered the proposed- positioning of the church to be "very innovative" . He 31 said although he had not been able- to attend the meeting with the neighbors, he 32 understood none of them had any concerns about the new proposal . Mr. Weiberg 33 indicated he perceived the church would now have an adequate parking lot and 34 ample landscaping and he concluded his statement- by saying "They take good care 35- of their property and are good neighbors" . Mr. Antczak affirmed his statements 36 about the concerns of the neighbors being resolved at the meeting . 37 38 No one else appeared to discuss the request and the .hearing was closed at 9:10 39 P.M. Even though he had never been inivited to any of the neighbor discussions 40 about the church's plans to expand, Commissioner Madden said he considered him- 41 im- 41 self a neighbor, especially now that the new addition would bring the church 106 42 feet closer to his home. - The Commissioner indicated he considered the proposal 43-- to be a good one which would provide an attractive addition to the neighborhood. 44 4 5 Chair Franzese said she perceived adding to the north end of the church balanced 46 the property better and made it more functional for the church itself. 47 48 Motion by Commissioner Bowerman and seconded by Commissioner Jones to recommend 49 the Council grant a conditional use permit to the Elmwood Lutheran Church for the 50 construction of a sanctuary on the north side of their existing building at 3615 51 Chelmsford Road N.E. , finding that: ( • 52 i 53 1 . All the ordinance provisions had been complied with and no variances are 54 necessary for the project; 55