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FROM SCIP FqX NO. Rpr. 12 2095 OE:32HPI P James Cohn Page 3 You have been patient while I have delivered my objections. I would now like to offer some suggestions. If not the County, who will plan for us? Without a master plan, the developer stops at the boundaries of his property. Why should he do anything more? There is no reward, no penalty. If it is necessary to conform, he will do so, in the same way construction is defined by the Uniform Building Code. He may gripe, but as Tong as everyone must comply, he will do it. That is where you come in: define the requirements, and stick with them until something better comes along. Put everyone on notice that there will be roads, and where they will be. Trains, trams, buses? Lay them out. Let the landowners profit from being a part of the solution. It makes perfect sense to put a small shopping Center at the boarder between two or four parcels. Now, it is in a neighborhood, Mr. Yuen, not on the main highway. Make sidewalks that connect subdivisions and roads. Stop spot zoning. Use your powers to create areas for urban, commercial and residential uses. Then the transportation routes will become obvious. Classify residential housing densities, so that when a piece of land is situated within the boundaries of an area. developed or not, everyone knows what will be done with it. Then, the council will pnly be dealing with significant changes in land use designation, instead of having to act on every parcel, and not knowing what the adjacent parcel will become. Put a sunset Gause in permits, so if nothing happens in timely fashion, the applicant must reapply and comply with current practice. Do these things and everyone will benefit. Developers will know what and where to build the projects they want, landowners will be quick to work within the zoning designated or face tax penalties, and it will support another of Mr Yuen's suggestions, creating in-filling. There are solutions, but only if you make them happen.