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City Council Meeting Minutes June 2, 2015 Page 11 of 27 Council member Leh was supportive of Council member Stolzmann's suggestion. He was conscious of staff time and scope of study. He tends to like more than one alternative or version. He was not, sure the Market alternative was worth studying but . the other two are worthwhile. He felt the thoughts brought in by the survey should be considered since it represents more of the entire town. Council member Stolzmann felt it important to separate the public improvements out of the options and Council go over them in details regardless of the chosen altemative. Mayor Muckle suggested an alternative that was both workshop and survey and incorporate some of the market studies. Council member Loo supported some blend and noted staff did recommend taking the market alternative off the table. She suggested some blend of the workshop and survey. Mayor Muckle said staff could be directed to study existing, entitled and a workshop /survey blend. Council member Stolzmann asked if that was about public improvements in a workshop /survey blend. She noted they had talked about not increasing housing and the survey option contains housing. Mayor Muckle noted perhaps this would be a new alternative taking into account the principles just encouraged or perhaps just direct staff to study entitled and existing. Council member Lipton was surprised at the potential in currently allowed of increased office /retail. He suggested tempering those numbers due to market reality. The implication on traffic could be extreme. Mayor Muckle noted this is why the study is being conducted. , Looking at currently allowed and the resulting increases may not be actually what the City wants to see happen over next 20 years. Council member Lipton asked how you change that and still respect current zoning. Council member Keany had trouble envisioning a million square feet of possible additional office without significant redevelopment. Planning and Building Safety Director Russ noted it came from additional stories. Council member Lipton noted there could be re- development. He asked if there was a want for a suburban or urbanized feel to the corridor. Council member Keany noted the public wanted suburban not urban from what he had heard.