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Council Minutes of 6-7-2005 property values there. The third area was the east end of the city where there are some areas to be redeveloped possibly in the future. • The May 23 meeting was held to solicit and receive resident input concerning the Master Plan itself. Present were Planning Director Wenger, Law Director Dubelko and Councilmen McKay and Gazeau. The only discussion for the meeting was the implementation and the recommendations with respect to the west end component. Although the committee was open for any discussion, that seemed to be the only one that came forwazd with respect to people's concerns. The land that was discussed is on the north side of Bradley Raad. The recommendation was to rezone it to some residential use. It is currently a light industrial zone. The use is mixed, with some parcels light industrial, some residential, and some parcels have both light industrial and a residential component. Some of the parcels are split-zoned. Those who rose to speak are the residents who live in that area and also own property in that area. Their concerns include: the residential conflicts with industrial use; the proximity you would have to neighbors if it was rezoned residential-in other words, an increase in population; loss of value-some were concerned about loss of investment because they had not yet developed the property although they purchased it with an expectation to develop it industrially; the issue of being relegated to a non- conforming use and what impact that would have on the ability to modify existing structures; buffering and screening. Most of the residents in the area objected to the proposal to rezone-they remember when it was residential, then it went light industrial and now the recommendation is to go back to a residential use. The committee was never able to identify why or exactly when it went from residential to light industrial. Some residents who opposed the original change were now opposing the change back because 30 years have gone by and they have grown accustomed to it. Some of the parcels have been developed. The residents' concerns were heard and understood, but the committee wanted to make clear to the residents that this is not the process by which rezoning takes place. This was a recommendation. It was pointed out that the 1992 Master Plan, which was recently adopted, also included a recommendation to rezone to residential. It's something that has been around for a while. But the committee wanted to move forwazd on the plan. If or when the issue of rezoning comes up, it will be analyzed at that time to make sure the conditions haven't changed and to address it at that point in time as opposed to voting to turn down the entire Master Plan based upon that one recommendation. The committee voted 2-0 to recommend approval of Resolution 2005-80. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Charles Dial, 27959 Gardenia. • Congratulated Mr. Bazker and said he had worked long and hard for the position and thoroughly deserved it. • He had previously made remarks to Council about priorities. It is his hope once again that newspaper boxes are going to be a much lower priority than dealing with the influx of loan shazks into the city. This is an indication of the quality of the community and quality of the life and economy here, and we will need to be concerned about that and not involved in less important issues. 10