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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION - APRIL 3, 2002 4 Stewart Haglund, 1191 Karth Lake Drive, stated he opposed this proposaL He indicated while Pilgrim House had always been a good neighbor, when they had asked for ... expansion a few years ago, the neighbors did not realize that this new expansion would . be used for a daycare. He stated all of his neighbors, as well as himself, were retired and intended on staying in their homes and he stated when there were children in the area, there would be a lot of noise. He expressed concern about the hours of operation, especially 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. He 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 these concerns. Donald Kelley, 1181 Karth Lake Drive, stated he opposed this proposal for the 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 business should not be in a residential area. He stated he was concerned about fencing as well as the noise issues previously noted. Jane Hoffineister, 1201 Karth Lake Drive, stated she opposed this proposal for the same reasons as previously stated. She indicated the way the Church property was laid out was such that their proposed play area would be in her backyard. She stated it was a very narrow area between their parking lot and her backyard. She expressed concern about the number of children and the noise that would occur. She 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 interested in purchasing the property in the future. She urged the Commission to consider these concerns as they made their decision. Ann Lima, Pilgrim House, stated they responded to this request to have a daycare center because they thought they would be providing a public service to the community. She stated Ms. Carlson would pay $400.00 rent per month. She indicated 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 with those concerns. However, she indicated the children 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.ill. through 5:30 p.m. She stated there would also be minimal traffic involved. She stated she did not believe it would be as bad of a proposal as the neighbors believed it was. Sharon Lane, Lino Lakes, stated the Church was only used a couple of hours on Sundays, and she stated she believed most churches had things going on during the week also. She indicated she did not believe this was an unreasonable request. She stated the Church tried to be a good neighbor and she believed this would be a win-win situation. Commissioner Zimmerman 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 except on the weekends. . Commissioner Galatowitsch asked the ages of the children that would be in the daycare facility. Ms. Lima replied the ages would be 33 months to the beginning of Kindergarten.