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Regular Planning CommissionMeeting Minutes –Wednesday, January 6, 2016 Page 25 As a point of information, Member Daire asked staff if the current square footage of the 1240 proposed units of this development’s footprint changed to market rate rentals or 1241 condominiums, would the building footprint be increased beyond that of this proposal. 1242 Mr. Paschke advised that, while hehad no substantiated answer, any market rate 1243 development would have many other amenities and based on the size of those units (1 – 1244 2 bedrooms and other things such as dens, etc.) would need to include space for those 1245 amenities and probably reduce the numberof units available in that footprint. However, 1246 Mr. Paschke noted that the building would have to be financially viable in today’s market 1247 place, which was demanding many amenities. Using the level of amenities in the existing 1248 townhome development compared today’s market demands, whether bigger, higher 1249 quality design standards, or interior amenities, Mr. Paschke noted they would all need to 1250 be factored in, causing him to anticipate units would be much larger than those proposed 1251 today and within this footprint, especially based on code compliance requirements for 1252 setback and green space. Therefore, Mr. Paschke questioned how many of those type 1253 units could be developed under MDR or HDR designations. 1254 Member Murphy moved, seconded by MemberGitzentoTABLE to a date uncertain 1255 consideration of requested comprehensive plan land use map changes to re- 1256 designate the property at 2025 County Road B from LDR to HDR, pending a traffic 1257 study of the immediate area. 1258 Chair Boguszewski asked that, if voting in favor of this motion, it be done because the 1259 majority really believed it would help make their decision, and not simply be used as a 1260 delaying tactic. Chair Boguszewskiopined that, if this motion fails, it seemed to him 1261 incumbent upon the Commission to make a decision to tonight one way or the other. 1262 Mr. Lloyd clarified that if the motion to table carries, the intent is not to see the request go 1263 away, but prompting staff to extend the City’s timeline for review, with staff providing 1264 written notice to the applicant formally extending that review period, roughly through the 1265 end of March of 2016, and hopefully being able to address it at the February Commission 1266 meeting. 1267 Ayes:4 (Gitzen, Boguszewski, Stellmach, Murphy) 1268 Nays: 3 (Daire, Cunningham, Bull) 1269 Motion carried. 1270 Discussion ensued regarding next steps if and when the Commission should decide to 1271 ask the City Council to consider changing this site to MDRor whether it would be 1272 appropriate to delay that step until resolution of this request for HDR designation and 1273 based on results of the pending traffic study before proceeding and to avoid countering 1274 the current request before the body. 1275 Mr. Paschke advised that he didn’t feel it was appropriate to consider asking for a change 1276 to MDR designation when jus taking action to study traffic with this requested action still 1277 incomplete. Mr. Paschke opined it was inappropriate to run another designation 1278 concurrent to this or to consider another option before this requested action is completed, 1279 and suggested the Commission wait until resolution of this requested action before 1280 proceeding. 1281 Chair Boguszewski concurred with staff, and as the Chair, unless he was overridden by 1282 one or more of the commissioners with a resulting super-majority vote to do so, stated 1283 the request was out of order until this request has been voted up or done. 1284 Member Bull noted that, should this proposal eventually fail at the City Council level no 1285 matter the Commission’s recommendation, the City would be undertaking an update of its 1286 comprehensive plan in the near future, and through that process, zoning of this parcel 1287 and any others could be considered at that time as well. 1288 6.Adjourn 1289 Chair Boguszewski adjourned at approximately 9:48p.m. 1290