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LAKEVILLE PLA~iAiING COMMISSION RgSULTs Rezoning application was passed by a
SPECIAL MEETTNQ~: split vote of 3 to 2.
AUE3tTST 2, 1974
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Chairman, H. Lau called the meeting to order at 8 P.M. Members present
ware Antolik, Lau,' Lutgens, Pikus, and Haglund.
The purpose of the meeting, applicat3.on of Gephart's, Inc. to rezone
from R-3c to H-4, to erect furniture sales bldg on Outlot "A" of Yung Addition,
was read. Attorney A. Leonard Bentson stated the differences between this appliaa=
Lion and the one which had bean presented earlier. The main differe~zce was "!cut
off 62-feet, so the street could run right on through.
Mr. Larry Austad presented four pages of patitians signed by citizens
to disallow the rezoning. These petitions era filed with these minutes.
Mearbers of the.. audience ware to be allowed five minutes each to make
- state~nants far or against the gropoaad rezoning.
Mr. Clint Cross-"description of streets was wrong--no ~falnut Street. Also 44.4 ft.
would appear to be railroad property. Downstreet should run the commercial-industrial,
but here it is all houses;. you want to build away fran what is now commercial, not
toward it. The present building does not-conform to fire codas and constitutes fir®
hazards. It is on railroad track property on which no taxes are paid. It is on main
track of drool childr~?. "
Mr. Brendan O'~ien-.."concerned because of traffic on street and school children an
street,. mainly. Also, whether people in neighborhood era going: to lose. .money. Wi11,
Gepharts lose money on his personal property7"
Mr. Greg Johnson wished to know the eucact location of .this development. "Does this. go
all the way to Hollins Avenue?"
Mr. Wright--"if approved, a lot of stipulations should be worded into it. A lot of
promises were made at time present building was built that have not.,been kept.u
Mr. G. Baau~naster--People who live here were glad to sea old buildings go, Hc~ would
rather not live in a downtown area--let'rs not go any further into residential`araa.
He believes you should consider the number of residents affected;"the tax income to
the Village isnit going to be that great."
Mr. John Marak-_"can you put dollars and cents values on cha.ldrsn7n
Mr. John Enggren--He was in favor of the warehouse, he had lived in the area for years.
Between Gepharts and ,&lggrans he believed. an approximate number of 1S4 e~nployaes were
concerned. He believed everyone living in Lakeville should be concerned with the
welfare of good t~siness`here. The warehouse is part of Lakevilla~s expansion plan as
shown ,ixi recent printexi report... and in the newspapers.
Mr. Wright--"put up a building that will compliment the building..not a pole barn;"
Miss M. Sorensen--wished to stress decency, courtesy, and kindness in simple terms.
"worried about fare. Would there be a sprinkler system? Dne had been pramis~i whew
other building was 1~ilt, but there was none,. 'Loss of her house would be sizable to
i her." She believed she and her neighbors should ba shown some considerati.crn. "Ibn't
:bring downtown Lakeville to my house."
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AUGUST 2, 1Q74 SPECIAL PLA1dNI:NG CAMNIISSIpAT ME,El'ING GEPHART' S PAGT 2
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• Mrs, L. Aronson--was concerned about traffic and parking. She stated that there
was always a number of ears parked now i.n front of Marek~s. What would it ba like
with a larger buildingY
Mr. G. Anderson--"What are puns for parking7"
Mr, Benton thanked people-for .their remarks. Sprinklers had. been thought
of and they. would be installed.. About park3.ng--there would. be no employees on-street
parking« Parking problem 'would be handled by professional truck drivers. This whole
area was co~aercial. The building would be'built on Gephart property, no railroad
property. John Wren had been granted a permit far outside storage recently and has
applied fora `&,itler building.,.. also.
Mr. Clint Cross--~ "what size of building?"
Mr. Benison--"would conform. to all'decisons asked."
K. Lutgens wanted to, know how much of the'furnture~comes in by rail. Mr.
L. Gephart answered 2$ cars through the middle of June:..
H. La~t,~read Planner Lee Start's recommendatiorss for this property--aT.so
"parking~f ~~ui~d,--3,n this letter. Mr. C. Cross suggested tennis courts here,
R. Pikes made motion, "based on planner's recamsaendations, I move we approve
.application far rezoning of Gephart's, zno."
. Lau seconded.
..Roils ,Haglund,:"no"; Antolik, "yes"; Lau,. "yes", Lutgens, !"no",Pikes, "yes"
Resulting in vote of approval, 3..2.
"NOS reasons were; Haglund--traffic problem and safety problems concerned.
,~l,so should not zone into residc~tial area.
Lutgens-..voted."no" due to dangerous traffic.
Lau, Antolik, and Pikes voted "yes primarily :because
planner could notfind a better use of `this
property.
Mr. L. Kitson remarked that. at this meeta.ng "everyone had respecteai each
.other's opinions and that was good."
Lutgens and Pikes made and seconded motion tQ adourn« Motion .carried.
Times 9:35 p.M.
Re tfully ~.tted,
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ohn Antol3.k, Secretary
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