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there would be some concern about explicit square footage if a proposal were pre- sented that was short 5,000 square feet or so. The more significant parts of the recommendation, he said, might be the provision for two major stores, as opposed to square footage, and the requirement for an economic impact anlaysis. . Councilwoman Bea.I thought thi s?:2co[wnend,1 t icn ~'las tied in (-lith R9co!r:[['enct"tio., ,,0. 2 and should also be deleted. i1ss.istant l~Janager said there m.i.ght be some connect.i.on between the two, but the Commission should r' ~ be pre-empted from making a recom- mendation by deletion at this point. Mr. Murray moved seconded by Mr. Keller to accept the status report Comm as presented on L&B Recommendation No. 6. Motion carried, all Council 7/9/75 members present voting aye, except Councilwoman Beal voting no. Approve L&B Recommendation No. 7 - Study alternative uses for present com- mercially zoned land having little potential for development in the near future and continue present policy of granting commercial zoning only after assurance given that development would occur. Planning Commission Recommendation - Not yet made. Mr. Saul explained that although the Commission had not yet taken formal action, neighborhood refinement studies had commenced in anticipation of solving the question of unused commercial zoning. Councilman Murray asked where the concentrations of unused commercial uses were and wondered when refinement study of the Whiteaker neighborhood would take place. John Porter, planning director, answered that the predominant unused commercial area was west of the central business district to Washington and Jefferson Streets. There were some areas on Highway 99N and there was some industrially zoned land in the e West 11th area still being used for commercial purposes. He said the Whiteaker neighborhood also had potential conflict with industrially zoned property which would be addressed in the refinement study. He said that study would commence about the end of this year right after completion of the Bethel study, completion could be expected in about a year. In response to Councilwoman Beal, Mr. Porter said there probably would be considera- tion of rezoning unused commercial and industrial lands back to residential uses. comm Mr. Murray moved seconded by Mrs. Beal to accept the status report 7/9/75 as presented on L&B Recommendation No. 7. Motion carried unanimously. ApprOve P. 1990 General Plan Amendment, Goodpasture Island - Planning Commission on June 17 1975 rec~mmen~ed deletion from the text of the 1990 General Plan the opportunity area' d~s~gnat~on on the,GOOdpastu~e ~sland area west of the Delta Highway and modifica- t~on ,of the,Plan,d~agram to ~ndLcate instead that area as suitable for medium- dens~ty ~es~dent~al ~se. Copies of the Commission's official report were distributed to CouncLl members w~th agenda. Attachments comprising planning staff notes of June ,3, 1975 and Commission minutes of June 3 and 17, 1975 were distributed at this meet~ng . Sta~f reco~ended setting public hearing with a time limitation of one hour for the ent~re he~r~ng ~nd a deadline for receipt of written material to give ample time f~r ~ouncLl rev~ew before the hearing. Assistant Manager also suggested that anyone w~s~Lng to,present written testimony should be requested to submit 25 copies to ~VOLt copy~ng expense fo~ the city. Councilman Keller thought it unfair in this -- Lnstance,to ask copies to be submitted if the normal practice was to make copies of ma~erLal for dist~ibution to the Co~ncil in other instances. Assistant Manager explaLned that the CLty generally prov~des Council with copies of written material How~v~r, in this case he had seen some of the material to be presented - vOluminou; pet~tLons, etc. - which he thought should not be printed at public expense. 7/16/75 - 18 / 40/.