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ni--3tY 19 1937 <br />BOOK 6 0,3E3 <br />day care center may affect their property values. Mr. Strunk <br />stated that he has invested a considerable amount of money with <br />Mrs. Mills in this piece of property and he got into it feeling <br />comfortable that this use could be accommodated without any <br />problems. Mr. Strunk believed the intersection is the main <br />problem, and felt that once people realize their property values <br />will not be affected by a day care center, they won't be worried <br />about the intersection. <br />Kevin Hawkins, 185 -23rd Ave., a real estate broker, felt <br />aside from anything else, this is plain and simple a real estate <br />deal. The applicants spent their money to buy this property to <br />run a business, and now they are at a point where they can't turn <br />back. Mr. Hawkinsspoke of the zoning and the domino theory, <br />noting that people, such as Mr. St. Pierre, have lived next to <br />this property as a residential property for years, and he <br />believed most of the existing day care centers are located on the <br />main arteries, not where people live. Mr. Hawkins emphasized <br />that there are no businesses being run on 20th Avenue from Oslo <br />Road down to SR60, and he felt this would be a bad precedent. <br />Wally Riggins, 655 18th Ave., stated that regardless of what <br />the Board plans to do to that intersection, he did not understand <br />why they would consider compounding the problem with this <br />operation. Secondly, he stressed that the people there do not <br />feel this is needed and they do not seem to want it. <br />Robert Hall, 2520 6th St., commented that the P&Z Commission <br />recommended against this, and he hoped this Board keeps in mind <br />that they are representing the people in the county, 500 of whom <br />have signed a petition opposing this special exception. The <br />Board is considering taking a residential area and putting a <br />business in it, and this has a tendency to snowball. Mr. Hall <br />stressed the hazard of the intersection and felt the Board is <br />taking a liability unto itself if they grant the approval based <br />on the intersection being upgraded. <br />52 <br />9 <br />