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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes May 21, 2018 Page 6 neighborhood and not set up for a business or parking for a business. She asked that 1 Commission deny the request. 2 3 Mr. Bob Nehring, 3017 Wilson St NE, been a resident since 1996 and is opposed to the request. 4 This is not a home daycare. There is no one there at night, weekends or holidays. It is licensed as 5 a child care center but it is in a R-1 district. He is concerned about neighborhood safety. Mr. 6 Nehring reviewed the community watch program. He recommends both requests be denied. He 7 also believes it is in violation of State Statute that requires someone be living in the home. 8 9 Ms. Nancy Robinett, 3408 31st Avenue NE, stated she rented the house next door when she first 10 moved to St. Anthony. She knows Ms. Johnson quite well. She supports the small businesses of 11 St. Anthony. However, parking was a nightmare so if this is approved, the Commission would 12 need to make conditions on parking. There were instances when they could not get out of their 13 driveways and there were problems with employees parking. She hates to say these things as she 14 loved the neighborhood but with the addition of 3 children, there would be more cars and that’s 15 the main problem. 16 17 Ms. Holly Wick Bower, 3038 Harding Street NE, stated she can see the center from her 18 backyard. Her children attended Willow & Sprout and she supports their increase to 17 children 19 as it is an asset to the community. There are few neighbors and an ideal location. She feels a 20 preschool in a home environment provides safety and a good environment. Her children are in 3rd 21 and 5th grade and are exceeding academically and socially. She asked for Commission to approve 22 the request. 23 24 Ms. Kelly Godfrey, 2616 31st Avenue NE, she is a neighbor and has never had any issues with 25 the day care center. She lives around the corner so is not affected by the parking problems but 26 would allow people to park on her street. There is a great need for good daycare. 27 28 Ms. Kirstin Blenkush, 2508 36th Avenue NE, she has three children at Wilshire Park. She moved 29 to St. Anthony three years ago and thinks Willow & Sprout is a good center. She wants to be part 30 of a community that supports families and if the center needs 3 more kids they should have 3 31 more kids especially since they are exceeding the guidelines. It is very difficult to find good 32 childcare. 33 34 Mr. Nathan Kerl, 3021 Wilson Street, stated he is 2 houses to the south, they have lived there 35 over 10 years, and enjoy the block they live on. They have interacted with the center and were 36 disappointed to see that a special exception was given for this center. He is not opposed to 37 businesses being run out of homes and asked what is different is that no one lives there. He 38 questioned why more information wasn’t provided. He stated he has friends whose children 39 attended Willow & Sprout. Mr. Kerl noted this is not a commercial zone and while there were 40 promises of an Open House for the neighborhood, it never happened. This is something outside 41 residential zoning. They bought their house expecting R-1 zoning. They live on a very narrow 42 street. They leave for work at about the same time the drop-offs are occurring and the same for 43 pick-up times. There are many good care centers within St. Anthony and he is opposed to the 44 requests. 45 46