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<br /> Mr. Thorpe expressed confusion about action that was proposed in the Planning Commis- <br /> sion's recommendsation. He read a portion of the Commission minutes and L&B report. <br /> He hoped the Council if it voted to amend the Plan as proposed would consider forward- <br />e ing formal endorsement of the amendment to MAPAC for action and subsequent adoption <br /> in recognition of the regional concern and need for consideration by other agencies <br /> in the metropolitan area. He referred to letters from various agencies pointing out <br /> the need for regional consideration, also the requirements set out in LCDC goals and <br /> guidelines calling for areawide involvement in Plan amendments of regional concern. <br /> He felt citizen input and involvement should occur prior to the public hearing process. <br /> In this instance, he said, it was strictly staff work in conjunction with Livingston <br /> & Blayney. He read other guidelines and goals he felt should have been met prior to <br /> this time, indicating there may not have been adequate public notice of the proposed <br /> amendment. Mr. Thorpe introduced letters for the record and read portions of them <br /> wherein citizens of the community indicated LCDC requirements had not been met with <br /> regard to the amendment. He also submitted written material relevant to the issue <br /> for Council consideration. <br /> With regard to the question of whether the issue was quasi-judicial in nature, Mr. Thorpe <br /> said the amendment would not be before the Council were it not for the initial filing <br /> of a zoning application on the Smith, Brown, Howell properties. He felt this amendment <br /> was nothing more than responding to that request and that it must be considered a <br /> quasi-judicial issue. In considering implications of the proposed residential use <br /> with regard to traffic, Mr. Thorpe said the entire metroplitan area should be taken <br /> into consideration rather than just the Goodpasture Island area. Pushing commercial <br /> uses farther out, he said would only generate more traffic regardless of whether <br /> passenger traffic on the Goodpasture Island area itself was cut back. Also, he said, <br /> there would be environmental problems regardless of where a third regional center was <br /> located. Not permitting it in the Goodpasture Island area would not be eliminating <br />e another regional center, he said, it would be just losing it. Mr. Thorpe said he had <br /> information from a source he was inclined to believe that the Planning Director by <br /> phone had solicited support for this Plan amendment. He hoped the Council would in- <br /> vestigate to determine whether this actually occurred before making a decision in <br /> the matter. <br />II -A-I Short recess was taken. <br /> Mr. Thorpe continued with the recommendation that the Plan amendment, if adopted, be <br /> referred to LCOG and MAPAC for referral to other local jurisdictions under the <br /> assumption that changing the General Plan was of regional significance and required <br /> approval by the agencies which adopted the original Plan. <br />II-A-2 Michael Farthing, 975 Oak Street attorney representing Bill Hewitt, owner of property <br /> at the north end of Goodpasture Island, also questioned lack of procedure for <br /> General Plan amendment and thought quasi-judicial rules should govern the proceedings <br /> in the absence of any other rules. He thought the County regulations should control <br /> any use change on land lying outside the city limits, even though it was within the <br /> urban service boundary, even though the County Commissioners either formally or in- <br /> formally turned responsibility for land use over to the city. He emphasized that the <br /> L&B commercial study did not address elements of the 1990 Plan such as sewers, trans- <br /> portation, schools, etc., and that the study had not yet been approved by the Commis- <br /> sion. He thought Council action would be premature and urged delay until after adoption <br /> of a refinement study on the Goodpasture Island area. Mr. Farthing said his client <br /> had no current plans to develop his land, he had no buyer nor does he plan to sell. He <br /> merely wants to continue suing the land for agricultural purposes under the opportunity <br />e designation. <br /> Bob Moulton, attorney representing Emerald Delta, Inc., owner of property at the north <br />II -A-4 end of the Island, thought it important to recognize this issue was not just a question <br /> of whether commercial or residential use was best for the Goodpasture Island area, <br /> I <br /> 4Co~ 8/25/75 - 5 <br />