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City Council Meeting Minutes Apnl 3, 2018 Page 3 of 8 research shows it would cost in the $35-45K range for the study, perhaps more for a fiscal impact analysis. 2. Staff Generated Development Options — use staff knowledge and local knowledge to try to determine what might be market -supported uses to inform zoning or policy changes. 3. Change Comprehensive Plan/Small Area Plan policies — change polices to encourage redevelopment without defining specific desired land uses 4 Create New Incentive Proposal — propose financial incentive package without changing the allowed uses Mayor Pro Tem Lipton asked where we are in terms of zoning and uses. Director Zuccaro stated parcel 0 allows retail and commercial uses and has a set of covenants on it that puts additional limitations on the property. There is also a Comp Plan policy addressing residential uses in this area stating that residential uses should come from existing residential areas In addition, the Small Area Plan decided this parcel should maintain the currently allowed commercial and retail uses. Public Comments Rob Lathrop, 601 Johnson and also on the Revitalization Commission, and a past member of the Business Retention & Development Committee, stated if Council does not have an appetite for a zoning change and comp plan changes for this area then don't spend the money and staff time on this. If something happens there it is going to because Council decided to make a change that has not happened in the past 8 years. John Leary, 1116 Lafarge Avenue, stated he feels market studies have been done on this area and came to the conclusion there is a surplus of retail space, always a demand for housing and we don't need to pay 50K to get that same answer. He endorses aggressively pursuing the policies in the Small Area Plan It is better to spend money on trying to identify what new trends there are in retail There are new ideas and we should look for those Look for creative solutions. Sam Shaw, 785 West Lois Court, suggested the City shouldn't spend the money looking for trends He suggested looking at new ideas He suggested a market hall for multiple local vendors as a great solution for contemporary retail. Cindy Bedell, 662 West Willow, agreed with previous speaker that the building would be a great collection of smaller shops and restaurants to make it a public gathenng and retail space. It would be creative and create revenue for the City. Council Comments Mayor Pro Tem Lipton stated the Small Area Plan was approved unless the current process fell through which it now has and we agreed if that happened we would revisit that part of the Small Area Plan. We need to move forward, our economic stability is tied