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I I Date: January 13, 1997 ~J~~ .. To: City Council Juf"\ lof From: Lois Rem, 1670 G1enview Court I Re: Ogren Townhomes & Zoning/Land Use Issues I Last Tuesday evening I sat through your interviews of Planning Commission candidates, and I found the process quite interesting. As you all said, the candidates were well qualified, and your choice I was not easy. Your questions to each of them were very good, and your final discussion showed the seriousness with which you took the decisions you made that night. I One part of your interviews somewhat surprised me, however. Mayor Probst asked each candidate if he or she had been aware of the I situation with the Ogren townhomes and what, in his or her estimation, might have been done to make that process less difficult. In answering that question, several candidates asked if I there had been "zoning or land use issuesH involved, and council repeatedly indicated there had not been. I e I was a bit discouraged by this evidence of the shortness of the collective memory regarding that memorable case, and I would like to correct that memory and the record. I Please note that in mid February 1995 the city sent to residents AND published in the Focus News notices for TWO public hearings, one "for a site plan review and PUD Master Plan," the I other "to amend the land use plan of the city comprehensive plan .. . from open space to low density residential." Contrary to later representations, the problem was not simply that residents had been I wrong to assume the vacant corner was open space and just didn't want to give it up-- they relied not only on their own memories of previous hearings concerning that land but ALSO on the city's own I public hearing notice for this very development. I would like to read for you from the minutes of the March 1, I 1995, Planning Commission meeting, pages 13-14. Then, briefly, to complete your dealings on this case, I'll review some excerpts from the Council minutes of March 27, 1995, I pages 12-14. So, the issue of Planning Case 95-12, Comprehensive Plan I Amendment, has not come to council again since March 27, 1995. Is this question, then, still open pending review and updating of the . Comprehensive Plan? I I -..-