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Acting Chairperson Anderson agreed that input from the neighborhood would be helpful because <br />this would be a change. <br />Councilmember Musgrove stated that with the traffic to the park, she would want to see fewer <br />driveways on that road. <br />Mr. Bauer commented that the desire of the church tonight was to see if the City would be open to <br />townhomes before the developer invests additional expense. <br />Acting Chairperson Anderson stated that there were two members opposed and one member open <br />to townhomes. He believed that additional data would be helpful before providing direction to the <br />developer on whether townhomes could be supported. <br />Mr. Bauer asked if the developer could bring forward a townhome proposal that the Commission <br />would be open to, or whether those two members were adamant that townhomes would not be a <br />good fit. <br />Acting Chairperson Anderson replied that he does not believe that townhomes fit the character of <br />the neighborhood. <br />Commissioner Peters agreed that townhomes would not fit with the character of the neighborhood. <br />Mr. Bauer confirmed that is the direction the developer was looking for before spending additional <br />funds developing a sketch. <br />Commissioner Gengler stated that she could support townhomes as she believes it could provide <br />a variety of housing options on a parcel that is set apart from the existing residential homes. <br />Deputy City Administrator Gladhill asked if input should be received from the City Council as to <br />whether the Council would support this type of development and if so, should that be in <br />worksession or regular session. <br />Acting Chairperson Anderson commented that he would love to hear the input of the Council and <br />left the format to staff, as to whether that would be better in worksession or regular session. <br />Commissioner Peters agreed that it would make sense to get input from the Council. <br />Councilmember Musgrove agreed that the Council should provide input on both potential park <br />expansion along with the residential development. She recommended a worksession discussion <br />for the Council. <br />Mr. Bauer recognized that this is an awkward position as it is hard for him to be objective. He <br />stated that if someone else came in with a proposal to place townhomes between a park and church, <br />he would be open to it as that development would not be directly against existing residential. <br />Planning Commission/ February 11, 2021 <br />Page 9 of 10 <br />