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City Councii St�d� Sess�o� <br />DRAFT Minu€tes af Monday, May 1�, 2007 <br />Page 9 <br />I Councilmember �h1an ques�ioned �hat ra�iona�e for the recommenda- <br />2 �ion o� ihe CAG in proposing creation o�' �hree �eveis of zpning for <br />3 single-t'amiiy residentia� lots and whether �hat wouldn't in e�fect cre- <br />4 ate spot zonzng and create smaller lo�s. <br />5 <br />6 Members of th� CAG responded that �h�ir recommendation was in- <br />7 tended to meet the mandate for affordab�e ho�usir�g; that the r�com- <br />S mendations weare intended ciiy-wide and within ihe cont�xt of the <br />9 overal� xepar�; and noted that the C.I�G did not a�temp� to, nor was <br />� 0 th�xe time, to define which neig�aborhoods would be app�opxiate. <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />�7 <br />1S <br />11I�s. Bakeman noted that some peop�e, when their lots didn't meet <br />City standards (i.e., those platted prio� to May 21, 1959} may have <br />di�'f culty in getting insurance anc�/or mortgages if �heir lots were non- <br />conforming; and the �atiana�e o� the GAG was �hat by recognizing ihe <br />smaller Iots it wou�d make it easier for thern to be residents of the <br />Ci�y. <br />�9 IVIr. Grefenbe�rg concurred, noting �ha� the CAG aite�r�pted �o balance <br />20 eve�-ythzng throughout ihe City; didn'� wa.nt to remove the diversity o£ <br />2� lot sizes; however, didn't have time �o app�y to specific neighbox- <br />2� hoods, no� was the CAG given that au�horiiy. Mr. G�e�'enberg opaned <br />23 that he didn't b�lieve that ��is propos�d new zon�ng district was an a�- <br />24 t�mpt on the pa�t of any member of the CAG to get around minimum <br />25 1ot sizes. <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />Councilmember. �hlan advised that she was simply attempting to �n- <br />terpret the upshot of the repori. <br />30 Ms. Ramalingam responded tha� it was the �ntent ofi the �AG to pro� <br />31 vide spots to provide �he protections prqperty owners were en�itled to <br />32 maintain. <br />33 <br />34 Councilmembe� Kough no�ed that CAG memb�x Mr. LeBaz-�on was a <br />�5 deve�oper and was probab�y loaking �arward to sp�itting a Ip� some- <br />36 day. Councilmember Kough questioned whether the cuz-��z�t Couneil <br />37 was required �o foilow the jurisdic�ion of past City Councils; using <br />38 Mx. Art Mu�ller's 1ot as an example, and noting that he d�dn't vote for <br />39 that Iot split. Councilmember Kough opzned �hat when property own- <br />