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-7- • 1 activities which are now conducted from the Walbon property", Mrs. Gibson declined 2 to go that far, r.emi.ndi.ng, the Commission memb.ers 'that the view from her window, now 3 is only a vacant lot .with trees on it.. However,- Mrs.- Gibson indicated she was in- 4 sympathy with the concerns the other neighbors, have about the existing condition 5 of the .Walbon property. 6 7 The hearing was closed at 9:20 P.M. 8 9 Commissioner Jones indicated .he wished .he could see the cash flow figures for two 10 single family homes plus 26 townhomes on that site. He said he wasn 't convinced 11 that the figures weren 't there to produce the needed purchase funds from the 12 develo.pment,-of two single family lots,on the back of the property, which he 13 perceived could easily be sold for from $30,000 to $35,000 each and less townhomes 14 than proposed. Mr. Childs responded by saying that staff had studied that alterna- 15 tive in the summer of- 1984 and that the cash flow figures had- shown that even with 16 two .$100.,000- houses, the Tax Increment wouldn 't work for such a project. 17 18 Motion by Commissioner Bjorklund and seconded by Commissioner Bowerman to recommend 19 the Council rezone .the 2. 5 acre Walbon property at the southwest corner of Old 20 Highway 8 and 33rd Avenue N.E. 'f rom R-1 single family residential , to R-3, 21 multi-family residential , for' the O1d' Highway 8 Redevelopment/Tax Increment Plan 22 which would provide 32 townhomes on the site as proposed by the tentative developer, 23 Brighton Development Corporation, finding that: 24 25 1 . The proposed plan met with the general agreement of the neighbors following 26 their review of the proposal ; 27 28 2. No one spoke against the rezoning; 29 30 3. The proposed development would eliminate the legal non-conforming, industrial/ 31 commercial type of land use now in existence on the property; 32 33 4. Rezoning does address. a stated conflict of land users in that area which had 34 been identified in the City' s Comprehensive Plan; 35 36 5. The Comprehensive -Plan further recommends that medium density housing be 37 developed for this area; and 38 39 6. The proponent for the rezoning is the City, which is perceived to have the 40 best interests of its residents at heart. 41 42 Before the vote was taken; Commissioner Bowerman commented that he would be happy 43 to see this project completed because,. as a resident of that area for overr21 44 years, he had been involved it its development. 45 46 Commissioner Jones commented that he- perceives this proposal is an excellent one 47 which would satisfy many of the neighbors ' concerns. He recognized that the City 48 had gone a long way to get this far on a viable'project and conceded that some 49 concessions had .to be made to produce a project which would work. He shared the 50 concern that the agreement had not been unconditionally guaranteed before the 51 property was rezoned. • 52 53 Commissioner Jones hoped the developers would look seriously at the provision of 54 double garages and would work out a satisfactory traffic flow which would eliminate 55 some of the problems they might not have foreseen with the proposed plan. The