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/ ' s vehicles that are driven up and down the street by residents. Nygard Street is no longer the quiet isolated street it was before the church was built, and I, for one, miss the way it used to be. Mr. Johnson stated at the recent town of Madison meeting that his congregation has increased from approximately 30 member in 1986 when the church was built to its current level of 60-80 members. This is a 200-300 %increase that only reflects members, not the uncounted number of non members that attend services. Nygard Street is a stable South Madison neighborhood, or at least it used to be;Pm not so sure anymore. Most of my neighbors were already in their homes when I bought my house nine years ago. Lon Mann-Cary grew up in the house she now lives in. The house I live in was built by Warren Dettinger's immigrant uncle from Norway. The presence of the church has had a destabilizing effect of the neighborhood and has directly influenced one persons desired to leave. In plain English,the neighborhood has not been the same since the church moved in. In July of 1993 the church bought a vacant lot next to their current building. They received a conditional use permit for this lot. Mr. Johnson said he went door to door and notified all the neighbors of his plans to purchase the lot and obtain a conditional use permit. Nobody at my house remembers being contacted. None of my neighbors remembers being contacted. Because no one knew about Mr. Johnson's plans, the conditional use permit was passed without opposition. Now Mr. Johnson wants a conditional use permit for a $ 115,000.00 house and lot on the other side of his current building. When will this stop ? What can the residents of Nygard Street expect in the future? More noise? More traffic? More runoff? I ask the board to listen to the people who live on Nygard Street and reject the request for a conditional use permit. I would also like to offer a solution to the parking and runoff problems, and a partial solution to the noise problem. Adjacent to the eastern edge of the church property is a vacant lot owned by a Pentecostal Assembly member. This vacant lot has frontage on North Rusk Avenue. Rusk Avenue is wider than Nygard Street and is served by Madison Metro. I would like to suggest that an easement be granted across the vacant lot so that a church driveway can be built between Rusk Avenue and the current church parking lot. The existing church driveway on Nygard Street could then be closed, except for a circle turn around that would allow people to be picked up and dropped of at the church door. This would allow a berm to be built at the end of the circle drive. The berm would trap runoff and retain it on site. The berm could also be planted with evergreen shrubs that would block the glare of headlights. Traffic on Nygard Street would be reduced to pre-church levels. In previous talks with the Town of Madison it was mentioned that such a plan as this might be required if the church expanded again. Perhaps the time has come.