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May 16, 1979 The regular meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission was called to order by Chairman Ken Gourley at 8:08 p.m. Members present; Jerome Heath, Bob Doocey, Larry Johnson, James Shearen, Vi Schwankl, Vernon Reinert and Council liaison John McLean. Absent: none. Mr. Shearen moved to approve the minutes of the April 18 regular Planning and Zoning meeting. Vi Schwankl seconded the motion. All were in favor. Motion declared passed. Mr. Gourley brought up a question on the minutes of the May 2 meeting. It was recorded in these minutes that minutes from a prior meeting had been approved; this should be corrected to read that the motion had been made to lay aside all previous minutes for approval at the May 16 regular meeting. Vi Schwankl moved to approve the minutes of the May 2 special meeting with this correction. Mr. Gourley seconded the motion. All were in favor. Motion declared passed. Mr. Gourley moved to approve the minutes of the special meeting of April 4. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss Mr. Rehbein's Shenandoah Third Addition; the variance was not approved at that meeting. Vi Schwankl seconded the motion. All were in favor. Motion declared passed. Mr. Reinert moved to approve the minutes of the April 11 meeting. It was the first meeting the Planning and Zoning Commission held to outline the steps they wanted to go through to revise the comprehensive plan. There was an error on the third page in the third paragraph. Marilyn Anderson indicated that this part that was missing had been added later. James Shearen seconded the motion. All were in favor. Motion declared passed. Mr. Reinert asked for what purpose was Ordinance No. 20 in the material mailed out. Mr. Gourley said that it dealt with rules of governing meetings, and was quite outdated and should be revised. It could perhaps be dealt with at a later meeting. He asked that the clerk be instructed that Mr. Locher review Ordinance No. 20, and make his recommendations to the Planning and Zoning Commission to deal with at that time. It is not up to date with existing statutes. Mr. McLean gave his report on the April 23 Council meeting, with explanations. Next on the agenda was a feasibility matter for Arena Acres. Vi Schwankl asked to be excused from this matter because her property abuts this property. Mr. Gourley brought up the point that when a member asks to be excused, it should be with the concurrence of the entire commission. The commission concurred. Mr. Herman Talle was present representing Ken Rehbein in this matter; he presented a sketch and asked for comments as to feasibility. Mr. McLean asked for the lot size on this; Mr. Talle said it was one acre. Mr. Gourley indicated that this was a preliminary discussion, and that a fee must be paid before it was sent to the planner. Mr. Talle felt it was all good buildable land, but was not sure any perk tests had been run on it. Mrs. Anderson said she had a sale survey that indicated the open areas were low land, and the rest was good buildable land. Mr. Shearen felt that the cul-de-sacs should perhpas be altered to a looped road. Mr. Brian Dobie was questioned in regard to this matter; he was favorable to the idea of working in cooperation with Mr. Rehbein on the road extension and the cul-de-sac situation. Upon request, he also outlined the topography of the area. The area in question was pointed out on an aerial map. Mr. Gourley said he would like to see the low areas extended into lot lines because the city very