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BLACK:Oh, to Mr., I€m sorry, okay. <br />SALAVEA:I€d just like to make surethat you direct all of your comments towards the <br />Planning Commission. <br />BLACK:Okay, excuse me. <br />SALAVEA:Regarding, thePlanning Commission has to balance what€s on the land <br />use planning guide and the uses of what, or the intended desires of landowners in this area. And <br />we€ve had a few items that came before the Planning Commission that the major issue had to do <br />with rezoning and how a higher use was desired by the owners of the land. And what, this is <br />more of a comment for you as opposed to a question, that we€re trying to balance keeping the <br />neighborhood characteristic of that area with the commercial uses coming -. You know, it€s <br />naturalbecauseoftheareaandtheamountofpeopleintheareaandit€s-.Whatwereallyneed <br />is input like what you€re giving now to be taken up in a community development plan. And my <br />question on that point would be how willing would be you and your neighborhood members to <br />putting together something or being involved in a, I guess, a neighborhood planning initiative for <br />this particular area? <br />BLACK:Well, there are several factors to that. No. 1, I think that we would <br />absolutely be delighted to have some formal opportunity to have some input instead of being in a <br />situation where we€re always responding in this manner, which is upsetting to all of us. My <br />neighbors are elderly. They€re not mobile, some of them aren€t well. When we came before <br />they were all present in the room, but they wouldn€t take the mike because they don€t, they no <br />like talk. So, really, what needs to happen is somebody that€s supportive and knowledgeable that <br />can come and draw some of these responses out. If you ask them to all show up here and take <br />the mike and list their concerns, it won€t happen. But I think that when the Planning <br />Commission Members that viewed the prior subject property that I was speaking of came, they <br />were thrilled. They felt like you guys really cared, they felt like, you know, they were going to <br />come and look. I know they€re receptive. But you€ve got to understand that they kind of lost <br />faith, you know. We don€t have lawyers, we don€t have Corporate Counsel. We€ve spent hours <br />and hours and days writing our letters and looking at the stipulations on the Planning Department <br />stuff. We did a lot of huge amount of work on our own time with our own resources. And I <br />think after that experience everybody is just a little -. We don€t have much faith. So if we can <br />find a mechanism where they can participate in a way that is nonthreatening to them and they <br />can make their feedback known and work with somebody, yes. If it€s a form like this, once <br />again, they€re going to push me in the front and tell me, Robbie, you go girl. <br />SALAVEA:Okay. And just for your information, if you look at the minutes from the <br />previous meeting that this issue came before the Commission, a lot of Commission Members <br />wrestled with not having a clear community development plan to use as our guiding document; <br />and therein, I think a lot of issues lies therein. So we€re trying to balance both the landowners€ <br />right to use their property accordingly and also the wishes of the greater community surrounding. <br />So, just for your information. <br />BLACK:I have a question. Maybe this isn€t the right way to ask the question, but, <br />you know, we€re talking about the landowner€s rights. Okay, that property was just sold. <br />9EXHIBIT A <br /> <br />