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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, August 23, 2010 Page 21 Roll Call Ayes: Ihlan; Pust; Roe; and Johnson. Nays: None. Public Comment Pete McKeever Mr. McKeever opined that their neighborhood was under attack with the proposed plan for reducing lots; and questioned the number of lots currently subdividable and those that could be subdivided under the proposed minimum lot size reduc- tion. Mr. McKeever cited several examples of subdivisions already in their neighborhood and opined that of those he polled in his neighborhood, they were universally opposed to smaller lots. John Bachuber, 2223 Marion Road Mr. Bachuber opined that those lots used on the example maps were inaccurate and that the actual number of lots that could be subdivided and impacts to those neighborhoods was grossly underestimated. Carolyn Silflow, 2230 Marion Ms. Silflow addressed her perception of the RCA comments, Section 2.3 and staff recommendations without sufficient justification for smaller lots; while not ad- dressing neighborhood protections from larger lots for environmental and health concerns. Ms. Silflow asked that the City Council direct staff to consider those citizen concerns in their recommendations. Councilmember Roe clarified that the comments in Section 2.3 of the staff report were referencing recommendations of the Lot Split Study Group, not those of staff. Ms. Sam Shadegg Ms. Shadegg provided pictures for Councilmembers and asked that someone needed to question why staff was so adamant about reducing lot sizes; and sug- gested that the Planning staff was overstepping their authority. Ms. Shadegg ad- vised that their large lots were protected under covenant. Pete McKeever Mr. McKeever questioned how staff could justify recommending flag lots. Mr. Paschke clarified that staff was not advocating flag lots, but that it had come up as part of a discussion for the Lot Split Study Group. Councilmember Roe noted that staff was making no recommendation either way on flag lots.