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Chairperson Johnson stated changing it back to commercial could be an issue. <br /> <br />Commissioner Brauer asked what Mr. Leary wants it to be zoned. <br /> <br />Mr. Leary indicated they want it commercial, and until a few months ago they thought it was <br />commercial. <br /> <br />Commissioner Brauer asked if it were not commercial to the river, would that cause him a big <br />problem. <br /> <br />Mr. Leary stated he did not know if it would be a big problem, as they may come with a PUD <br />situation. <br /> <br />Assistant Community Development Director Trudgeon stated they could talk all night about what <br />could be there, indicating there are major problems with what Mr. Leary is proposing, such as <br />access issues and river regulations, but the fact is they have had two previous meetings on this <br />with public hearings, and then the Planning Commission sent it to the City Council. The City <br />Council gave their proposal for the lower two-thirds to be residential, and that is what they want <br />it to be. <br /> <br />Mr. Leary stated he does not disagree, but the reason he is here is to see what the land was going <br />to be; how much residential and how much commercial. He noted they could have paperwork <br />ready on this property in two months time. He indicated if they are going to have residential by <br />the river, he wants to know. What he fails to understand is in 1999 someone decided this should <br />be residential. The owners obviously did not think it ever would be or they would not have gone <br />through this planning process. He indicated it is easy to change it to residential, but hard to <br />change back. <br /> <br />Mr. Austin indicated it apparently is not too difficult to change from residential to commercial <br />since they just did it to his property. He asked why they did not leave the three parcels alone. <br /> <br />Chairperson Johnson asked how changing the top third of Mr. Austin's property to commercial <br />affects him. <br /> <br />Mr. Austin stated it probably does not. <br /> <br />Mr. Nathe indicated access is going to kill the Colby's, and if the City does not look at this and <br />make some changes to access they will kill a ton of people. He stated at the rate of speed on that <br />highway a lot of people will die. He indicated he had a policeman tell him he does not pull <br />people over unless they are doing 80, and the City needs to do more and look at the property <br />before they make these decisions. <br /> <br />Planning Commission/August 7, 2003 <br /> Page 13 of 19 <br /> <br /> <br />