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COTTLE: If you could give me just one minute, I’ll look it up. <br /> <br />AU: I do have a question. <br /> <br />KERN: Commissioner Au, in the meantime, yes. <br /> <br />AU: Thank you, Mr. Chair. Can I call the applicant up. I have a few questions for the applicant. Was <br />she sworn in already? <br /> <br />KERN: She’s sworn in, yeah. So go for it. <br /> <br />MIKKELSON: Yes. <br /> <br />AU: Okay, question. What, did the applicant give any indication of what they want to do, any ideas? <br /> <br />MIKKELSON: Here’s how this happened. I was contacted by them and we had a long discussion <br />over what to do, how to do, when to do it. The economy is affecting everyone right now. And he <br />hesitates to put himself in a box. He does want to rezone. But he’s not sure exactly what the economy <br />is going to, you know, allow for. And so his idea was this, is that if he could just rezone it, he’s willing <br />to pay higher taxes; and he’s willing to wait and see, wait and see what, you know, what other <br />development is happening there, what would be a practical development for the property and for the <br />area. They are right next door to a surf shop which is a retail, and across the street from, and also next <br />door to the 7-Eleven and all of that, and across the street from the Black Rock Café and all of that. So <br />it’s pretty developed already. And so he was waiting to see, he just wants to see what other <br />developments are going to happen in the meantime while the economy improves so that he can make <br />the investment, if he can afford to. If not, then in the future he would have a piece of property that he <br />could sell to someone else who could then do the development. <br /> <br />AU: Well, you, know, this application is incomplete, okay. You need to, the applicant needs to <br />propose what they’re going to do. And for peace of mind for the residents they want to know what’s <br />going on. <br /> <br />KERN: You may save some of that for discussion. <br /> <br />AU: For discussion yeah. So I just want to know what the intent is. <br /> <br />MIKKELSON: Well, like I said for him at this time he wanted to move forward with this rezoning. He <br />may have the financial ability to do something in the future soon or maybe he’ll wait until the economy <br />improves. But he wants to see what is best for the development down there before he, I mean he could <br />say he’s going to put in a restaurant and then get rezoned and then turn around and put in another retail <br />shop instead. So it would all be done by plan approval in this case. And, you know, and the plan <br />approval would be pretty extensive, which would make it difficult. It’s very difficult to get <br />commercial use with a 1939 structure. So, they would have to readdress the structure existing there. <br /> <br />KERN: Thank you very much. And you’re good, Dean? <br /> <br />10 <br /> EXHIBIT A <br /> <br /> <br />