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Church representatives feel their parking area could serve as an overflow park & ride area should the transit hub be located at the County Garage site in the future. Another possibility they mentioned was retaining a storage building in the southwest corner of the site and renting it out for cold storage. The revenues generated could be used to fund a payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT). Lastly, they emphasized creating a "campus" setting that would be aesthetically appealing for users and passersby. Pilot: At our meeting, Church representatives did not propose nor seem to favor a payment in lieu of taxes. Based on calculations discussed at the last meeting, the City would lose approximately $18,000 of revenue if this property were to go tax exempt. (A rough estimate based on current values and best guess as to 2002 tax rate.) Rather than a direct cash payment to the City, Church representatives felt the services and facilities they will offer more than offset this revenue loss. They present us with a report entitled "America's Religious Congregations: Measuring Their Contribution to Society'. We also received the Search Institute document entitled "Community Trainings ". Copies are included in the agenda materials. After our meeting, John Nicholson called me and indicated their willingness to retain one of the cold storage structures and lease it out for storage space. They would then use these revenues to make a payment to the City to address the economic loss of the property going tax - exempt. No estimates of the revenue potential were provided. Land Use Issues: The zoning issue with the Christ Community Church project is essentially a consideration of compatibility with surrounding land uses. To the west are a series of industrial buildings and warehouse uses, with an auto body facility located along Country Drive. This area is zoned I -P, Industrial Park, and the auto body shop is a legal non - conforming use in that location. To the south is a railroad, and Ryan Industrial Park, zoned 1 -1, Light Industrial. To the east is the Levitz Furniture Warehouse and showroom, zoned B -W, Business - Warehouse. All of the uses in this area are industrial or warehouse- oriented. They are characterized by low volumes of automobile traffic and high levels of truck activity. There is only limited evening or weekend traffic in the area. Page 8