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Chairperson Nixt closed the regular portion of the Planning Commission meeting at 9:26 p.m. in order to call the public hearing to order. Public Hearing Chairperson Nixt called the public heating to order at 9:26 p.m. Presentation ,~¢%~': Principal Planner Trudgeon stated that the City received an application :of Life Church to rezone certain property located between Hwy. 47 and CSAH 5 (N n B19 ¢ B-1 Business and R-3U Residential to Multiple Residential. The rezomng ~ould allo applicant to construct two 47-umt senior apartment bmldmgs. %¢¢',:-.,, Wood Nelson re resentin Lord of Life Church has b~:,reside~;~Ramse for 54 ear y , p g , ,,:,~= : y y s. He said he was been a member of Lord of Life Church for ~2~ e noted that the chldren are active in the church with Vacation Bible School ~d a latc o~am. %ere is a preschool pro,am mn in their hcili,, se~'~':,a co-chair of the first building expansion. He relayed a message to the community and environmental issues. ':Tlle done on that campus will be done in fair, reas~ble effort will be made to prese~e,exis~g trees. will consider a fence or other hamer Wh stated, was sensitive t~af:~verything that will be Every reasonable 'safet~'~:0nti~ue to be concerns, they : themselves and the community. Jim Hanson, 14651 Fluorine St. N~j~msey, stateg}~ was concerned about access roads, which will create sege;a! issues for ~;e.~Ng~adja~{ to tbs road. He stated it appears that excess measures are beih~ Cken {~O~:'~0~7~:~rch prope~ with the access road. He didn't thi~ this would se~&ffie~-~sidents nor the~6hurch. His concern was with a two- directioml¥6~7}[at.would'~behnd his prope~. ~ere would be deliver, moving vans, etc. and the hehdli~fi't~W6~ld be in~il;~e. He added that the proposed access on Sunwood would pravlde'a way for pe°Pl'g';m com¢~i0?.~hurch events, and there could be residents driving t~ough thee as well. He also r~is'~ concem~ about possible light~g in the p~king lots or street lighti~g,,which could be iht~sive. He said he measured out the back of Ns prope~y line and it looks ~ ~ough there will'need to be some site preparation in order to construct a 20 foot wide dhve. He urged the Plmg Co~ission to take into account that the trees cabot stay and have a 20 f00t ~ve,:: He'~brought up another issue of the tr~sition be~een single fmily homes and multi family ~omes. He stated that ~pically there are tow~omes with less traffic, ~d then a multi-family development that buffers a single fa~ly development. He suggested several alternatives, with the first being to not allow the first phase of multi family uNts but proceed with second phase first. ~other option would be to not allow any trees to be cut down, and find a barter to keep noise away ~om single fmily homes. He said it looks as though the Planning Commission/September 10, 2001 Page 15 of 24 -33-