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January 24, 2001 Plan Commission Minutes Page 3 of 4 Chairperson Glassman announced that a hearing was scheduled to hear a rezoning / map amendment application from The Episcopal Diocese of Missouri c/o Harold R. Burroughs, Attorney, 211 N. Broadway, Suite 3600, St. Louis, MO 63102. The applicant wishes to rezone the property at 7023 Forsyth from “SR” - Single Family Residential District to “PA” - Public Activity District. They will later file an application for Conditional Use for an office use in that district. Ms. Glassman noted the Commission's procedures and criteria for rezoning / map amendment applications. Mr. Burroughs gave an overview of the proposal. He asked that the application be approved. Mr. Hill gave the staff recommendation that the application be approved per the January 19, 2001 memo. Mr. Hill circulated a letter from Leslie Chambers Strohm, 7026 Lindell, asking that the rezoning be denied. Reverend Mike Kinman of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri, 1210 Locust Street, St. Louis, MO 63103 stated that he will be operating the proposed student center and that he currently practices out of the Church of St. Michael and St. George in Clayton. He gave an overview of the proposal. Jeremy Flesh - 7236 Maryland of the Bethel Lutheran Church and Bates Childress - 7024 Forsyth spoke in favor of the application. Mr. Smith asked if the property would then be taken off of the tax rolls. Mr. Burroughs replied that it would because it is a not-for profit use. Ms. Arbogast asked if the proposed housing in the building would be restricted to students. Mr. Kinman stated that the residential use would be for two Washington University students. Most other traffic would be from student pedestrians visiting the center. Ms. Glassman asked for clarification on the intensity of the use. Mr. Kinman stated that the hours would be from 11 am to 10 pm. He imagined that there would be no more than three to four students visiting at a time. They have an agreement to share parking with the Lutheran Church next door. Mr. Munkel stated that he was in favor of the proposal. Mr. Smith asked for Staff to report back on the tax loss to the City (Mr. Kinman later reported that the 1999 property taxes were $2,980). Mr. Credit asked Mr. Childress if he foresaw any decline in his property values because of the use. Mr. Childress replied that he did not. Mr. Credit moved that the Plan Commission recommend that the application for Map Amendment / Rezoning be approved by changing the zoning classification of 7023 Forsyth from “SR” - Single Family Residential District to “PA” - Public Activity District. The motion was seconded by Ms. Arbogast and passed by a vote of 4 to 0, with all members voting “aye.” Other Business Mr. Munkel gave an update of recent City Council activities. K:\WPOFFICE\WPDATA\m-1-24.plc.wpd