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No ex parte contacts or conflicts of interest were declared by Council members. Planning Commission Staff Notes and minutes of March 1, 1977 were received as part of the record. . Public hearing was opened. Pierre Van Rysselberghe, 2880 Alta Vista Court, identified him- self as the applicant's representative. His client was a fourth generation owner of the property and had first requested the zone change for the property in the summer of 1976 because of changes taking place on West 11th. Since that hearing before the Planning ;Commission, Ms. Nickels was granted an easement along the Amazon Channel for use as a bike path. He said the present zone change request was because the McKay Investment Corporation had developed a comprehensive usable plan for the property. His client had no opposition to a site review suffix if the Commission thought it advisable. He noted the presence of opponents to this request of zone change who live in the area and who were questioning the pro- priety of the rezoning. He said the 12th Avenue access was of major concern to the neighbors, and Ms. Nickels had no desire to have a development which would cause concern in the neighborhood. He said the McKay Investment Corporation would agree to exclude traf- fic on 12th Avenue, and the traffic from the proposed development would leave 11th onto City View. Douglas McKay, 450 Stonegate, represented McKay Investment Corpor- ation. He had a commitment from BiMart to locate on the property to serve the south and west portions of the city. He said they had explored possibilities of large acreage in that western area of the city and had found no other available property zoned C-2 of sufficient size to handle a BiMart store. They had agreed to eliminate access on 12th Avenue and the developers feel they had met the requirements to meet a C-2 zone. e Beverly Murrow, 1215 Arthur, spoke against the zone change, citing reasons as there bei ng no adequate buffer between the residential area and this commercial establishment, the view would be dreadful, noise and traffic would increase, and lighting from the vapor lamps in the parking area would consume considerable energy. The neighbors did not feel that big is better and the neighborhood did not want this commercial establishment in its area. She asked the people who were asking for the zone change--the developer, the lawyer, or the pwner--if they would be willing to live near a BiMart. Hank Murrow, 1215 Arthur, noted that the residential area is com- patible with the Amazon Canal, and that the neighborhood is not in decline as a neighborhood area. He said there would be no con- formity between the BiMart and the bike path and he did not feel this piece of property was the only large tract remaining in that part of the city. He felt that by this establishment coming into the area, it would precipitate a lot-by-lot rezoning on a large- scale basis. He said if 12th Avenue were closed, traffic would pile up even more on Garfield than presently occurs, necissitating - 4/25/77--10 3~1