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r 'In answer to Mrs. Campb ell, Mr. Barnes said the County will not give septic tank permits in the area, so that sewers are necessary to -development of the land. Mr. Teague asked whether consideration was given to annexing the petitioned area only without including the island area. .Manager replied that there have been .instances of . islands created by annexation existing outside the City, it depends .on the configuration of City facilities . . He said it would appear pressure would build up to take this island into the City because of desirability of extending street's an'd other City services to the area. In order to get to the Barnes property the City would be forced to go through an unincorporated~rea. Councilman Hershner wondered whether the 'City would .be able to assess adjacent properties for the cost of services extended through the unincorporated area. Public ~orks Director said the City C9.n legalJ,y enter into agreements. to defer a1?ses,sment and make the charge when connectiql1s ~o the sewer are made. Mr. Mohr moved seconded by Mrs. Beal to recommend to the Boundary Commission that the _r.equest for annexation be denied. Motion carri~d unanimously. II - Items Considered With One Motion Previously di.scuss.ed..at committee meeting on November 1, 19'Z2 (PI'~s.en.t: Councilmen Mohr ! (presiding), Beal, McDonald, Teague, Williams, Hershner, 'Campbell, and Bradshaw). Minutes of that meeting appear below printed in italics. --'-~. . . .~, _-.:......./t:...~_ .::. . . A. Westside Neighborhood Quality Project - Copies of the proposed plan were previously distributed to Council members having to do with traffic, zoning, and recreation in the Westside Neighborhood Project (between 7th and 13th, Lincoln and Chambers) . Neil Murray, 653 West Broadway, reviewed the work of the Equal Treatment Task Force 'of the Mayor's Social Goals Comndttee in reaching its conclusions on problem areas and in drawing up the plan for presentation to the Council. Council authorization I was requested for staff assistance from City planning, traffic, and parks depart- I ments over the next six months to provide professional assistance in making specific proposals for Council consideration of solutions to those neighborhood problems. In answer to Mrs. Campbell, Mr. Murray said there were no Planning comndssion members present at the neighborhood meetings, but that members of the Planning Department staff have worked with them. He said he felt Council action would be helpful in making this project a high priority item. Councilman Bradshaw wondered whether the request could be handled administratively as in the case of the Danebo neighborhood project. Manager said that some ~nalysis of comndtment being requested would be necessary. to determine the staff personnel and time the project would take. He suggested bringing back a recommendation after determining what will be needed. Councilman McDonald wondered whether this project would be similar to that in the Laurel Hill area and said it was his impression that Planning staff members attended . those meetings. Manager said staff members are available but not on a regular basis. Until there is some idea of what is being requested in the way of traffic, planning, and recreation studies there i..s no way ofknowi~g ho;';-;'~ch st~jf time it involves nor how much would be taken away from existing projects. There area number of projects underway which are taking a tremendous amount of staff time, and staff members cannot be asked to contribute their evenings on a continuing basis without ~ome way of replacing that time during the day, or if day time, it would have to ;be taken away from something else. I . i Mr. Bradshaw moved seconded by Mr. Williams that the plan be referred to the admin- istration and further discussion scheduled at a future comndttee meeting when staff recommendations with regard to what is involved in completion of existing projects can be considered. ; Mrs. Campbell mentioned that the Historical Buildings Preservation people are , interested in that area and hope representati ves of that group would be incl uded ,in any meetings. Considerable discussion followed on overall traffic and planning problems and priorities for studies in various areas of the city, with Planning Director explain- ing that it was determined an updating of neighborhood analyses for the entire City e ,would have to be made before application for Federal funds. Then there would be a : base for determining where renewal funds should be spent in the future. Mrs. Campbell ;said she felt rezoning requests could be denied at the Planning Comndssion level to .check the trend toward commercial zoning in the Westside area. Mrs. Beal suggested ; including in studies the possibility of rezoning excess commercial and industrial ~areas.back to residential .use. ., -, 3'2.Q 11/6/72 - 7