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• Salvation Army in�ends using the camp primarily for a summer camp for the elderly, retarded and young people with winter usage as a retreat and conference center necessary to generate funds to off set the cost of the summer activities. The fieldhouse which the Salvation Army is requesting permission to build will include a gymnasium to be used in inclement weather and a swimming pool which the camp director felt was a necessary substitute for Silver Lake whose conditions for swimming are rapidly de- teriorating. No further building is anticipated except the proposed six sided building which will be used for arts and crafts and conferences and will provide from 30 to 40 more sleeping spaces, Mr. Brown said. He said the swimming pool and arts and craft building were both part of the preliminary plans which had been presented to the City several years ago. Prohibitive building costs would preclude any further expansion, he contended. The community will have easy access to both the children's farm and nature trails which will be completed early this fall. Mayor Miedtke said he hoped the proposed fieldhouse and conference build- ing could be presented as a final development for the camp and warned a comprehensive plan would have to be presented before any further building could be allowed. Councilman Stauffer agreed saying a number of City residents have voiced concerns that some limits be set for further build- ing on the camp grounds. Robert Johnson, 2913 Silver Lake Court, who identified himself as a • neighbor and member of the Community Services Advisory Committee felt the proposal gave the City the opportunity of maintaining open spaces within the confines of the City. He defended the rezoning saying "the Salvation Army had been a good neighbor" . Motion by Councilman Haik and seconded by Councilman Stauffer to adopt Ordinance 1977-013 , rezoning the Salvation Army Camp at 2950 West County Road "E" from R-1 (single family dwelling) to R.O. S. (recreational/open space) as was recommended by the Planning Board when the new City Zoning Ordinance was proposed. ORDINANCE 1977-013 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO LAND USE; AMENDING THE CITY ZONING MAP AS ADOPTED BY SECTION 300 OF THE 1973 CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY Motion carried unanimously. Councilman Stauffer said she felt there had to be some recognition of the setbacks set for R.O.S. zoning and it was decided that since the Board had deferred action on the request for a non-conforming setback for the fieldhouse until the rezoning question had been settled, the question of whether the filed house should be built within 100 feet of the lakeshore should be considered during the hearing originally set to be held by the • Board. (3)