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RCA Attachment 2 50 Member McGehee asked why the church was selling that particular parcel. 51 52 Mr. Holter explained the church does not have a use for it and there is a building to 53 maintain with a lot of costs associated with it. 54 55 Member Aspnes asked if the church had been approached by anyone interested in 56 purchasing the land. 57 58 Mr. Holter indicated no one has contacted them and realized it could be a while 59 before the property is sold. 60 61 Public Comment 62 63 No one came forward to speak for or against this request. The public hearing was 64 closed at 7:01 p.m. 65 66 Commission Deliberation 67 68 Member McGehee thought this seemed premature to change the Comprehensive Plan 69 at this time and to rezone this. She did not see a need. She did not see development 70 there allowing for anything except more problems with stormwater runoff and the 71 boundary is very close to the pond next door already. She indicated she was strongly 72 leaning towards leaving it as institutional for several reasons but did not think there 73 was a particular reason to rezone it. She did not think this seemed reasonable at this 74 time to her. 75 76 Member Bjorum indicated he did not have a problem with rezoning this site and felt it 77 would help with the housing needs in the City and a good use for a duplex or even a 78 triplex in an area that already has developed land and this fits within the context of 79 that neighborhood. 80 81 Member Aspnes thought this was a tough position to be in. She was all for the trees 82 and made a huge difference to the environment. She did not think the City would 83 create a heat island there the City allows the church to utilize their land in a way that 84 when it was originally laid out, they had not anticipated. There is a pond in the 85 middle of it which the church probably could not extend their parking lot down there 86 and maybe the church does not need that big of a parking lot. The City has more 87 people that need more places to live. She likes the idea of a duplex. She noted a 88 single-family home is not necessarily affordable to everybody whereas a townhome 89 or duplex is an affordable housing option for them. She would also like to give the 90 landowner the ability to do what they want to with their land without a lot of 91 interference and she felt like telling the church that they cannot take this small parcel 92 and use it to their benefit is the right thing to do. There are many mature trees in the 93 area directly north of the church which is a very well-established neighborhood. 94 Maybe with the reduction of the trees, new trees will be able to be planted where they 95 will be beneficial. She agreed with Member Bjorum and thought this would be a 96 benefit rather than a detriment. 97 Qbhf!37!pg!345