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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION - APRIL 3, 2002 4 . Stewart Haglund, 1 I91 Karth Lake Drive, stated he opposed this proposal. He indicatcd while Pilgrim House had always been a good neighbor, when they had asked for expansion a few ycars ago, the neighbors did not rcalize that this new expansion would be used for a daycare. He stated all of his neighbors, as well as himsclf, were retired and intended on staying in their homes and he stated when there were children in the area, therc would be a lot of noise. He expressed concern about the hours of operation, especial1y with it starting at 6:00 a.m, He stated daycares were a commercial business and he stated this area was not zoned for a commercial business. Hc stated he opposed a commercial business in his backyard. He expressed concern about this eventually being a full-time daycare at some point in the future and the Church moving to a different facility. He asked the Commission to consider thcse concerns. Donald Kelley, 1181 Karth Lake Drive, stated he opposed this proposal for thc same reasons as previously expressed. He indicated the reason a daycare was in existence was to make money and he believed this was a commercial business and a commercial busincss should not be in a rcsidential area, He stated he was concerned about fencing as wel1 as tbe noise issues previously noted. Jane Hoffmeister, 1201 Karth Lake Drive, stated she opposed this proposal for the same reasons as previously statcd, She indicated the way the Church property was laid out was such that their proposcd play area would be in her backyard, She stated it was a very narrow area between their parking lot and hcr backyard. She expressed concern about the number of children and thc noise that would occur. Sbe stated fencing was a very big . issue and a liability issue if children were injured in her yard. She indicated having a daycare facility of this size, would have an affect on their property values. She stated this would be a detriment for anyone interestcd in purchasing the property in the futLlTe. She urgcd the Commission to consider these conccrns as they made their decision. Ann Lima, Pilgrim lIouse, stated they responded to this request to have a daycare center because they thought they would bc providing a public service to the cOlllmunity. She stated Ms. Carlson would pay $400.00 rent per month. She indicatcd they did not have an idea of how many children would be in the space, whether it be 12 or 20. She stated she could understand what the neighbors concerns were and could sympathize wi th those conccrns. However, she indicated the cbildrcn would not be out much during the day and they would always be supervised. She stated the hours of operation of the daycare would be from 7:15 a,m. through 5:30 p.m. She stated there would also he minimal traffic involved. She stated shc did not believe it would be as bad of a proposal as the neighbors belicvcd it was, Sharon Lane, Lino Lakes, statcd the Church was only used a couple of hours on Sundays, and shc stated she believed most churches had things going on during the week also. She indicated she did not belicvc this was an unreasonable request. She stated the Church tried to bc a good neighbor and she believed this wonld be a win-win situation, Commissioner Zilllmerman asked if this was going to be a revenue generator for the . Church. Ms. Lane replied this was one of the intents, as well as using a building that was not used cxcept on the weekcnds. Commissioncr GaIatowitsch askcd the ages of the children that vvould bc in the daycarc facility. Ms, Lima replied tbe agcs would be 33 months to the beginning of Kindergarten.