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9 Chairperson Johnson closed the public hearing. Commissioner Berry indicated she was troubled at how the proposal has evolved, and that she was astonished that Mr. Kaufhold would purchase the property without a contingency for city approval. Berry indicated that the proposal was tabled at the previous meeting to get information on the intent of the post office, and no additional information to make a decision has been provided. Berry indicated that the site may not be a bad place for a post office, and that the B-1 zonings seemed to be a good comprise. Berry indicated that she would hate to lose park land. Berry indicated that the commissions role is not to look at how much was paid for the land, but to decide if the proposal is an appropriate land use. The commission can only react to the proposal. Chairperson Johnson indicated she was not uncomfortable with the time it has taken to go through the process based on her experience with the reuse of Johannah Jr. High. DeBenedet indicated that while he agreed somewhat that the role of the commission is not to review financial information that it has been given, and that it paints a slanted picture. DeBenedet indicated that the commission was being asked to double the co~~ercial zoning of anyone of the other three corners, but that this would be offset by the fact that the other corners are B-3, which would allow more intensive use than the B-1 or B-2 being proposed on the site in question. DeBenedet indicated that rezoning parcel A to B-1 and allowing a post office by a special use permit seemed to be a good compromise. The site would be too small for a number of uses permitted in the B-1 district, and that most special use permit uses would be good transitional uses adjacent to residential neighborhoods. DeBenedet indicated that the nature of the corner would indicate that it may be eventually rezoned to business, and that the proposal would provide the least negative impact. DeBenedet indicated that the maintenance of the park land was good. DeBenedet questioned whether or not the post office would go there and whether or not the city would eventually buy the park land. DeBenedet indicated that with some assurance from the post office, he could support the project. Stokes indicated that land use change usually involves compromise. The neighborhood objective is keeping the park land which would be met by the proposed compromise. Stokes indicated that in this case, everyone would win a little and lose a little and that if there were some assurance that the post office would move forward, he could support the proposal. Moeller indicated he was concerned about turning the project down, because the park land would be lost. Moeller indicated that the compromise position looks like a good alternative.