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MINUTES <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />NOVEMBER 23, 2001 <br />INDUSTRIAL <br />AREA <br />MORATORIUM <br />STUDY <br />DEBT LEVY <br />REDUCTION <br />COMMITTEE <br />REPORT <br />timely basis. The Planner indicated that the next step would be to call for a <br />public hearing to consider an amendment to the Zoning Code. <br />Mr. Fahey introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2001 -11 -270 - CALLING FORA PUBLIC 11E4RLVG <br />TO CONSIDER AMENDING THE ZONING CODE RELATIVE TO <br />TEMPORARY SIGNS <br />The foregoing resolution was duly seconded by LaValte. <br />Ayes (5) Fahey, LaValle, Montour, Anderson, Scalze. <br />Nays (0). Resolution declared adopted. <br />The Council reviewed the City Planner's report relative to the status of the <br />industrial area moratorium study that is being conducted by the Planning <br />Commission. The Planner indicated that this issue will be discussed again <br />by the Commission at its December meeting., and he will present them with <br />more formal recommendations at that time. <br />Scalze noted that there was no discussion about officershowroom uses. The <br />City Planner indicated that consideration is being given to creating a new <br />zoning district that would allow for a limited intensity of industrial uses. The <br />Planner indicated that after additional discussions by the Planning Commission <br />at their December meeting, it is likely that they will recommend the Council <br />call for a public hearing in January. The City Administrator noted that it will <br />be necessary to extend the moratorium at that time. <br />Mr. Torn Duray, chair of the Debt Levy Reduction Committee, appeared <br />before the Council to present the Committee's recommendation relative <br />to the reduction of debt levy funds available for 2002 and into the future. <br />Duray reported on the history of the Committee that was established in 1999. <br />At that time the City decided that a proactive planning approach was needed <br />regarding. the use of debt levy funds available in the years :000 and 'beyond. <br />Thus the Committee was formed and over the course of several meetings. it <br />developed a strategy for :he use of these :unds. That strategy called for :he <br />prioritization of the use of these funds as follows: <br />Tax stabilization. <br />Tax reduction. <br />Capital improvement :ending. <br />Duray reported that the Committee was reconvened in =001 in order to review <br />its original recommendations and to make any modifications deemed <br />Page 58 <br />