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that are under one roof, which would blend itself to be multi-family. Mr. Holloway said when it goes to the state for approval it would be going in, as an apartment and each unit will have 720 sq. ft, so they are fairly large apartments. Mr. Crouch asked if the exterior wall would be about eight foot and Mr. Holloway said the exterior walls would be would not extend much above the church wall that is there, because the church is talking about in the future adding a second story for classrooms above the units. Mr. Kramer asked if in the lower right hand corner of the drawing, was that the existing drainage that is there already and Mr. Holloway said that was the existing drainage pattern. If you look left next the to driveway that is mainly a grassy area and that grassy area tapers down to the curb on the drive that is the access to the condominiums. So at this point there in no defined swail, it just rolls off there. What they are proposing is to do is to better that swail, then come out to a large grassy swail and define it so it doesn't go over on the condominium property and exits to the southeast corner on to the highway. Mr. Crouch asked if there was a culvert there at the highway and he said thought there was at one time, but it is silted up because there if not much of a defined ditch there. He said they would not be creating any additional run-off there. Mr. Kramer said it looked like they had looped it so the water would stay on the property longer and Mr. Holloway said it would stay on the property longer and they would be cutting through hill to maintain the swail and slope onto the church property. Mr. Kramer opened the floor to anyone who would like to speak for or against the project. Mr. Larry Edwards, who works for a company called Property Services Group and he represents the homeowners at the Village Homeowners Association, which is the property adjacent to the church property. The major concern they have is the water running off the church property onto the condominium property. Just last year they had to do major work to the condominiums units closest road, because of the water running off the property. They would be concerned that this addition would add to this problem. Their second concern is that they would like to see it better defined on how the building would look and how the building was going to he built, because the condos in that area fairly upscale condos, that are fairly expensive property. They would like for the structure being built to blend into the community. For there will be more condominiums built in that area and they will be more upscale. They would like to see what these units would look like. Mr. Barry Todd, 1.1820 Civic Circle, asked if we had received 4-faxed letter from people in Florida and was told that we had not received any letters. He said this was brought up in 1998 in the spring and was turned down at that time. Mr. Kramer read a letter from Jeanette Barnett and Maryrose Welsh expressing their opposition against the proposed project. They feel this would add to unnecessary traffic and create a danger entering and leaving. They feel this would lower the standards of the neighborhood. Karen Overpeck, 11310 N. Pennington Rd., owns part of the lake across the road and she is opposed to the things that will be added, because of the drainage. The pond was built, because there was a swamp there, now all the water comes into the pond. When there are large rains the water backs up on the north side of the road. Since the pond was built the property has changed hands and the overflow is in litigation. There is a problem in what will happen to the pond that takes care of all the water that comes to the south side. 4