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• enough specifics in the proposal regarding the tenants of the build- ings, the parking or the landscaping. She lives behind the "little green house" owned by Mr. Hedlund and said she has for 33� years had to look at junked cars, trucks, garbage and general untidy appearance of the property which in fact left her sceptical regarding the sin- cerity of Mr. Hedlund's intentions when it came to landscaping and keeping up the appearance of the project he proposed. Eugene Thomas , 4029 Penrod Lane, was adamant that allowing commercial development of the west portion of Mr. Hedlund 's land would decrease the value of the residential property on Penrod. He said the "area will go down if the zoning changes" . Mrs. Hansen also referred to vacancies at Apache and the Apache Medical Center as well as the building north of Silver Lane and felt this meant any businesses which might start up in the proposed development would probably also fail leaving an area of abandoned buildings. Ruth Thompson, 3015 39th Avenue N.E. , said she did not think any of the plans for handling traffic in the plan would provide the necessary access for emergency vehicles and said the new plan of positioning the proposed buildings would now allow them to be plainly seen after dark from the residences to the east. She felt sufficient concessions towards the development of this land had been made when the "light office" classification had been set up in the new zoning ordinance. • She said "Apache hasn't kept the stipulations regarding appearance which had been included in its building approval, so why should this project?" It was her contention that rather than a "negative" list- ing of uses which would prohibited as proposed by Mr. Dale a specific list of uses which would be allowed in this project should be agreed upon to avoid an undesirable usage coming in when tenants change. Her husband, George Thompson, also said he was opposed to the proposal . Mr. Daubney answered Mr. Thomas ' objections by saying the undeveloped lots on the west side of Penrod Lane are larger than most of those on the east side and he felt Twin City Federal had indicated its confi- dence in the economic health of the area when the decision was made to build a branch office in the block just south of Mr. Hedlund 's pro- perty. Mr. Thomas still insisted that there would not be a market for homes adjacent to a commercial development which would be as expensive as those which are built on the other side of the street or the neigh- borhood. Mr. Hiebel closed the Public Hearing at 9 :45 P.M. and the meeting was recessed from that time until 9: 52 P.M. when the Board reconvened to consider the rezoning request. Mr. Rymarchick commented that the plan Mr. Dale had presented provided a sound concept which was well thought out but said he shared the neighbors ' concern about what uses would develop for the project. He felt the City would have more control under a PUD but could not recom- mend approving the "commercial" zoning which had been requested. (5)