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. Mr. Murphy stated a typical mortgage payment for these units will be between $2,000 and $2,SOO per month. The units being proposed will not fit in with any low income profiles. If anyone wants to start a fund to help them finance an office building on this site, they would consider it. Ms. Defore stated she has gone 18 years with no bikes stolen, and now they have had them stolen. They would be happy to work with the developer for some other type of arrangement. Mr. W olens stated as a former council member in another city, the thing he usually tries to do is listen to the people in the community. The Commission has more guts than he does to change this zoning, which has gone before the Metropolitan Council. Chairperson Nixt stated this Commission is a recommending body. He will take under advisement the comments provided by the residents, and take into account the comments of staff. The Commission will make a recommendation to the City Council who will make the final decision. The residents should be prepared to make their recommendation of pros and cons when this goes before the Council. This will go before the City Council the fourth Tuesday of this month. He encouraged the residents to reach their council members and staff, and to use the available resources to their advantage in order to communicate their positions. Motion by ChairpersonNixt, seconded by Commissioner, Brauer, to close the public hearing. . Motion carried. V oting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Commissioners Brauer, Cleveland Hunt, Levine, . and Trites Rolle. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioner VanScoy. The public hearing was closed at 7:S7 p.m. Commission Business Chairperson Nixt called the regular meeting of the Planning Commission back to order ~t 7:S7 p.m. Motion by Commissioner Levine, seconded by Commissioner Brauer, to recommend that City Council deny the request for a Comprehensive Plan Amendment due to the need for a very compelling reason to amend the land use. . Further discussion: Commissioner Brauer commented this case reminds him of a similar one on Highway #47 across from the Holiday Station where there is a property that is now zoned B-2 that is essentially in a residential development. The person who owns the property came to the Planning Commission at the time with the idea of putting townhouses on that piece of property. The recommendation of the Planning Commission was that the property should remain zoned with the office use, and that the property owner should try to determine if they could get an office tenant in there. He believes this is the same as that case, and he sees no reason to change this zoning. Planning Commission/September 7, 2006 Page 9 of 20 -241-