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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes . June 23, 1998 Page 5 1 Commissioner Makowkse stated that Commissioner Horst abstained from the vote due to his 2 relationship with Mr. Alvitd. 3 Marks asked if the Commission had discussed the relationship between hiring a Planning 4 Consultant to look at planning in that area and if granting a Conditional Use Permit would 5 preempt that effort. 6 Commissioner Makowske stated this was briefly discussed. The Commission believed that the 7 applicant had been put off and the request did deserve a response. 8 Marks asked if the Commission had considered a development moratorium. 9 Commissioner Makowske stated the Commission had not considered a moratorium. 10 Cavanaugh noted that the letter received by the City from Rodney Johnson stated that he had 11 gone to great lengths to keep the shopping center in retail use. He asked if the Commission had 12 considered his perspective. Commissioner Makowske reported that this had been considered when the applicant provided the 4 concept review at a previous meeting. This is the reason that the Commission originally 15 suggested that Mr. Alvitd look for a building in the industrial park. However, after further 16 review and finding that the applicant had looked for one year to find a retail tenant, which the 17 Commission believed to be a significant amount of time, and that no retail could be drawn to the 18 site either because of the cost per square foot or because of the difficult access,the Commission 19 believed this use was better than leaving the building vacant. 20 Cavanaugh stated that Mr. Johnson's point is that the site is retail and a year is not an eternity. 21 The plan was to go forward on a retail premise. The hardship experienced by Robodyne is not a 22 reason to move industrial into a retail area. Mr. Johnson has worked terribly hard to keep retail 23 in the shopping center and now is not the time to change course. 24 Marks noted that the Comprehensive Plan has zoned that area as a retail use for two decades. He 25 asked if the Commission had discussed the Comprehensive Plan and the fact that this area is 26 designated as retail and there is no plan to change the overall land use. 27 Commissioner Makowske stated it was discussed that this area of land is being looked at and 28 researched for the purpose of ongoing redevelopment. He noted that the building behind the 29 Town and Country is office space. Mayor Ranallo noted that several years ago the Council had denied Mid-Continental Cheese a 1 Conditional Use Permit to close their retail in the shopping center and begin warehousing, as this 32 was not compatible with the rest of the shopping center.