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-4- wThe Commission representative told the Council that body had hesitated to give too much. encouragement to Craig 'Morris for his proposal to remodel the existing residence at 390.9 Silver Lake Road for a beauty-barber. shop because of questions raised as to whether the concept would fit into the entire Planned Unit Development agree- • ment between the City and Gordon Hedlund for -that site; except for that concern, however, the Commission's. response was generally favorable. Mr. Fornell advised that David Ames had indicated to him that he was no longer interested in. developing the lots north of the property in .quest,ion for townhouses but had talked to Horizon Development who had expressed an interest in a similar development of that portion of the Hedlund PUD. It appears only a conference with the City Fire Marshal remains before- that firm will present a plan for townhouse development of the tract, but the Manager was of the opinion that the Morris request. could be staged into the basic plan for the entire Silver Lake Road.,. being "reasonably consistent with the mix of "B" and "C" uses permitted in the P.U.D. Mayor Haik was "not in favor of doing anything while the development is in transition" . She wanted to wait to ascertain whether Horizon might be considering the lot in question in their total package. Councilman Marks agreed, remembering "the many years the City has labored towards the development of the planned unit concept which Mr. Hedlund and his planners drew up and agreed to. but for which no concrete proposals have been presented for commercial component" . • He feared losing the P.U.D. characteristics of the plan with fragmentation. M.r. Morris responded. to this assessment- by saying he had researched the matter thoroughly with both the City Attorney and his own counsel and had assumed his proposal would fit into the P .U.D. requirements. He said the Commission members had indicated this might be an opportunity to "get something done with this property" , since he had expressed his willingness to meet. all the P.U.D. requirements. He thought most developers would see a barber shop as a most compatible neighbor in comparison to some of the other uses permitted under the P.U.D. He insisted Mr. Hedlund would never be willing to include this lot in a townhouse project and feared "finding a suitable developer could, go on for years. " He thought the City would consider the developing of this lot a necessity since there have been 23 arrests for drug use on the site and the City "has had to pay out $600 to get rid of the rats" . Mr. Morris said he needs an immediate response to his request since he and his six employees are out of jobs since they lost their lease on their former shop at 2200 Silver Lake Road. He then drew the Council' s attention to six persons who were in attendance who he -said were customers who "had come on their own to support his request. Later in the discussion, the Mayor corrected his assumption that the City would pay the $600 , saying the costs were assessed to the owner. Mayor Haik expressed her sympathy with Mr. Morris ' frustration but • reminded him no immediate decision could be made by the Council until he had followed all the requirements set down in the P.U.D. , including submitting a detailed plan and a public hearing before the