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of Stearns then you need to rezone that property. Mr. Koeth asked if there is an opportunity for them to even recommend rezoning. Mr. O'Malley said there is and the master plan constitutes the board's recominendation for the land use classification of every parcel of land in the city. He said 80% of the town is Single Family Residential and he can't image why it would be changed, so the board should go to the most important things first. Mrs. Hoff-Smith said we don't have anybody who is really practicing economic development in the city. No one that is courting offices, corporate offices, or light industry, so the land just sits there until someone comes along, and that someone coming along is retail. If we have a plan that is actually followed by the board and the administration, that problem will cure itself over time. Mr. Conway said that is why you get the professionals involved; to prevent future lawsuits. You want to have some expertise in this process and keep the city out of lawsuits ten years from now. Mr. Spalding said back in the early 1970's there was a push to rezone the western end. Mr. Conway said it was Mixed Use D, which ended up being used on Parcel E as modified. There was a theory that there would be Mixed Use D beyond Stearns and nothing ever happened. There were a number of Planning Coirunission members that were discouraged and even with the momentum they developed, the plans didn't go any place. A lot of people left the commission at that time and it never got carried through. He would love to see the board identify areas that they think should be rezoned and make a presentation to Council. Mr. Koeth said what should happen next is they should get as much inforination as possible from regional regarding the census, and they need to get the Vision 2000 reports from the Mayor. Mrs. Kilbane will obtain those reports froin the Mayor. Mr. O'Malley said he will contact the regional planning commission to ask them how they can gain access to the U. S. census. It may be something on disk that can be distributed. Mr. Conway said if the board really wants aerials of the city, he has thein in his department. He suggested they identify areas they would like to see and then contact him. Mr. O'Malley suggested that Mr. Koeth might make further inquiries of the Mayor and the Chairman of the Finance Committee as to the status of the funding, and assuming the funding is provided then the next step in actually retaining the services of the regional planning commission. We'd have to solicit a proposal and probably have to have an ordinance introduced, and define for them the scope of the work they would be bidding on in order to get them hired in a timely fashion so they can get out here and steer us. 1VIrs. Hoff-Smith asked if they can proceed with getting a person from Council assigned to the coinmittee, as well as from the other boards. Mr. Koeth said they are not at that point yet. Mrs. Hoff-Smith said it will be good to introduce them to the concept. Mr. Spalding suggested thinking of other areas within the city where they can do some good planning. He mentioned the Motorist Service area on the west end. Mr. Conway said it may behoove the board to have someone contact North Ridgeville to see what they are doing at their end of town to see if we can blend into what they are trying to accomplish. Some of their plans fell through and we don't want to be building limited industry next to a motel. Chairman Koeth excused the absence of Mr. Hreha and Mr. Allan. IX. OLD BUSINESS: X. ADJOURNMENT: Chairman Koeth adjourned the meeting at 8:38 p.m. i ft ? Robert Koeth, Chairman D e Annie Kilbane, Ass'stant Clerk of Commissions 5