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applicants' proposal should be granted because no solution can be identified which <br />makes everyone happy. <br />Mr. Persin stated that if the Planning Commission decides it must approve the subject <br />property addition, the appellants are asking the Commission to have the applicants <br />reassess their ability to utilize their substantial ground level unused side yard lot space <br />as well as or in addition to restructuring the second-story addition so it is smaller in size <br />and primarily located in the western front quadrant of their home, where it would be of <br />less impact to all three objecting neighbors. He added that a second-story addition in <br />the western front quadrant of the subject property would be closest to the applicants' <br />western next-door neighbor who has indicated that she has no issues with a <br />second-story addition being built. <br />Mr. Persin concluded by thanking the Planning Commission and directing its attention to <br />the newly submitted letters opposing the second-story addition from seven neighbors <br />who received a postcard notice of the proposal. <br />Mr. Persin then read a letter from a next-door neighbor who is not a party to the appeal <br />but in support of the appellants. <br />"This letter is written in support of the Appellants in the matter PAP-146. <br />"My name is Myra Miliambiling, and my uncle George Toumazos and I reside at <br />6204 Robin Court, next door to Stephanie and David Persin (one of the three <br />Appellant couples). We have resided at this location for three years now. <br />"In my time living at this location, I have found Stephanie and David to be the most <br />easy-going neighbors I have ever encountered. They are always hosting all of our <br />neighbors and the children of our neighbors in their home, at the pool in their <br />backyard, and on their side yard trampoline. They are quick to lend a hand no <br />matter what the request and they are always accommodating to all those who <br />interact with them. <br />"For Stephanie and David to take the unusual step of appealing their backyard <br />neighbor's planned addition, I believe there must really be some issue there. When I <br />see how close the back side of the Applicant's home is to Stephanie and David's <br />rear fence, I can understand their concerns. <br />"I too would feel like my privacy, quality of life, and home value would be <br />compromised if I was in their situation and the second story addition was allowed to <br />move forward. <br />"In fact, as a neighbor living only a couple of homes away from the proposed <br />addition, I am also firmly against it. One of the most defining characteristics of this <br />neighborhood is its original spaciousness and its lack of two story homes. <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, August 25, 2010 Page 8 of 38 <br /> <br />