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MINUTES City Council July 13, 1988 Country Drive Relocation (Cont.) as quickly as possible, however, cannot give Mr~. Larsen a definite time fr•ame for• doing so. Hopefully, the rezoning matter~ will be resolved in 60 days or~ less. The City Attorney pr•esented to the Council a pr•oposed or~dinance setting a 6-month development mor~atorium on the Countr•y Dr~ive area in question. Mr~. Fahey intr~oduced the following or•dinance and moved its adoption: ORDINANCE N0. 305 - AN INTERIM ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM The for•egoing ordinance was duly seconded by Mr•. Blesener•. Ayes (5) Fahey, Blesener, Scalze, LaValle, Collova. Nays (0). Or~dinance declar•ed adopted. The Council discussed the matter• feeling that the rezoning issue could be expedited by the r~eview of existing soil borings of the ar~ea and requested that Mr. Bur•ton pr~ovide the City copies of his soil boring repor~ts and that the City Cler•k pr•ovide any soil bor~ing infor•mation the Ci ty may have for~ other~ pr~oper•ti es i n the area. Fahey suggested that the City Planner and City Engineer• r~eview the r•ezoni ng i ssue and al so make a r~ecommendati on for• how far~ nor~th the IP Distr•ict should extend. Fahey noted that there may be other~ par•cels fur•ther~ nor•th that the Ci ty shoul d be consi deri ng r~ezoni ng to IP Di str•ict. Fahey asked that an update be provided to the Council at its next meeting. Elaine Zoch, pr•operty owner~ in the ar•ea, asked why Country Drive could not be redeveloped in its pr•esent location. Blesener~ explained that the object is to lower• the pr•oper~ty so that it has freeway visibility. The owner• of Subur~ban Auto Body asked the effect of the r~elocation on his pr•oper•ty. Blesener~ replied that it has been suggested that the Subur•ban Auto Body business be purchased thr•ough tax incr•ement financing. The owner of Subur•ban Auto Body was concerned about the length of time befor•e decisions would be made on the various pr•oposals befor•e the Council. Fahey pointed out that if the decision is to pr•oceed with r•elocation of Countr•y Dr~i ve, publ ic hear•i ngs woul d be hel d. Subur•ban Auto Body was concer•ned with what br~ought about the r•elocation pr•oposal pointing out that there has been good development along Countr•y Drive. Page -6-