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-4- Discussion Mr. Nathan Mandel, 2490 Beacon, indicated he has had several talks with Mr. Cave and the neighbors and he would like to see some decision made on the property so he could either proceed with selling his house or doing other things to improve it as he had been holding off for some time. Mr. Steve Good, 2435 Beacon, also indicated he would like to see a decision made on this as soon as possible so he could have things done to his house if the neighborhood is going to stay resident~al. He indicated that overall, he was pleased with his home and would like to see it remain a residential area. Barring that, he indicated he would probably need quite a bit of money to relocate given current economic conditions. Mr. George Kohl, 1764 Brooks, indicated as things stand now, the houses were really worth nothing and it was difficult for anyone to relocate from the area because it was difficult to sell anyone a house under the tentative conditions that exist there. Mr. Dahlgren indicated that because the decision to allow residential was up at this time, if a decision is made to allow Mr. Cave to build residential, it would set the issue of commercial building aside for some time. Recommendation Mr. Rukavina moved and Mrs. Cushing seconded, that the Sam Cave request for preliminary plat, rezoning from R-l to R-6 and special use permit (PUD) at 2496 Fairview Avenue be continued to the Planning Commission meeting of June 3, 1981. Roll Call, Ayes: Cushing, Dressler, Mastel, Matson, Moeller, Rukavina, Johnson. Nays: None. Planning File 1304 - Proposed Ordinance regarding use of newspaper tubes Presentation Mr. Dahlgren indicated that on March 23, 1981, the City Council held a hearing regarding an earlier recommendation of the Planning Commission to consider an amendment to the zoning ordinance controlling the placing of containers for newspapers or other advertising material delivered within the public right- of-way. Several representatives of the newspapers appeared at the Council meeting and voiced their concerns over the proposed ordinance. Due to the complexity of the issue, the Council decided to refer the newsppaer tube question back to the Planning Commission for their consideration at today's meeting. Mr. Dahlgren further explained the basic problem as expressed at various meet- ings was the inability to recruit persons willing to make delivery on a door- to-door basis. The newspapers have, therefore, solved this problem by install- ing newspaper tubes and having newspapers delivered by motor route carrier. He indicated the basic concern of the newspapers was in the economics of del- ivering the newspapers. It was suggested it would be helpful to become aware of the dollars involved so that the problem could be better understood. The newspapers were reluctant to discuss this matter in the presence of their com- petitors. He indicated several solutions had been discussed at various meetings, including paying the newspaper deliverer more for house-to-house delivery, re- quiring motor route drivers to deliver to the door, or requiring one box be placed at each residence for all newspapers.