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· This conflict was never resolved; the City and LTD have pursued another route for study at this time. · The City did not have the capital funding to fix problems found regarding alley and sidewalk improvements, or pedestrian crossings on busy streets. A study that provides recommendations for improving nodal conditions within this neighborhood was completed. Area residents and business interests did not see sufficient benefit to being designated a node or having their zoning changed. Opposition was so strong that the City decided to let the recommendations lie for a while. During the following 2001-03 TGM grant cycle, the City attempted to apply the/ND overlay zone to the Chambers Node. The Planning Commission and City Council held hearings on the proposed application of the/ND Metro Plan DeSignation and/ND Nodal Development Overlay zone. Public testimony was overwhelmingly in opposition to the nodal designation and overlay zoning for the same reasons listed above. A major concern was that there were no safeguards included in the/ND overlay to ensure that the existing character of the neighborhood would not be negatively impacted by the increased densities inherent in nodal developments. Area residents testified that they found the overlay zone to be more detrimental to the neighborhood, and with fewer benefits, than the original plan completed years earlier. They asked the Council to halt the overlay zone process and resume the planning process begun in 1998. The overlay zone was not approved for this node. 31