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Wal-Mart. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey closed the Public Forum and called on the council for comments. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly thanked all those who spoke during the Public Forum. Regarding the housing standards, he <br />clarified that the fee contemplated per unit was $8 year, not $8 per month. He thought the Corvallis model <br />worked and the City needed no further study. He appreciated the comments made about big box retail uses. <br />He expressed interest in knowing more about what communities could legally do regarding standards for <br />such uses that did not violate interstate commerce laws. He also wanted examples of communities that <br />instituted community standards, as opposed to land use standards, as a condition for such uses to locate. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly thanked IATSE members for the first-class, fine work they did at the Hult Center and Cuthbert <br />Amphitheatre. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly determined from City Manager Dennis Taylor that no work session on a parks bond measure had <br />been scheduled. Mr. Taylor suggested a June work session could be scheduled for further discussion. Mr. <br />Kelly wanted some statistically valid surveying on the topic. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly supported the proclamation sought by Mr. Kjaer and thanked the glass school for the good work it <br />did. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor echoed the remarks of Mr. Kelly and thanked the members of the housing standards coalition for <br />their efforts. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor noted the failure of a motion she had offered to the council to establish a moratorium on big box <br />retail uses and asked those supporting the moratorium to be persistent. She also thanked those who provided <br />information regarding the issue. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor said she was ;;always for parks." <br /> <br />Mr. Pap6 thanked those who spoke for attending the meeting. He agreed with statements made by Ms. <br />Nathanson at an earlier meeting; it was not that the community did not have housing standards, it lacked <br />standards with regard to mold and spores and he questioned whether the City had the resources to create <br />those standards. He said the issue was enforceability rather than standards unless something could be done <br />about mold. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap6 noted he had been on the council for six years and Mr. Meisner had been on for eight years, and <br />this was the first time the issue of housing standards had formally come before the council in that time. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap6 thanked Mr. Johnson, Mr. Farley, and Ms. Cuellar for their work on the parks planning <br />committee. <br /> <br />Ms. Nathanson noted her previous work on housing standards. She said no one had referenced a 1997 <br />report on housing standards done by Marshall Kandall that she hoped council members would review. It <br />had proposals for solutions. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman apologized that the council had to reduce the time available for individual speakers during the <br />Public Forum. She thanked those who testified and said it was heartening to see so much participation about <br />such a wide variety of issues. She indicated she would like to hear more about the topic of electrical <br />services during the upcoming work session. Regarding the possibility of the council holding a work session <br /> <br /> <br />