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I Planning Commission Meeting • 2 December 15, 1992 3 Page Nine 4 5 6 7 The Management Assistant toll Commissioner Thompson the Realtor at 39th and Silver Lake 8 Road is moving to a location behind the Stop-N-Shop.*The location they vacated and the 9 property where the house has been moved off are being considered for a dentist office 10 building which would utilize both properties. They City is looking at a proposal for another 11 tax increment redevelopment project proposal and the numbers so far are looking good. 12 Preliminary plans indicate parking would be no problem and the proposed building appears to 13 be very satisfactory. Mr. Urbia commented that a dentist office should be more acceptable to 14 the adjoining residential neighborhood because dentist offices usually close at night. 15 '16 Chair Faust reported he had noticed on page 11 of the November 10th Council minutes that it 17 had been reported the Planning Commission had held a public hearing on the 18 recommendations from the Road Task Force: Commissioner Madden agreed that the report 19 from the Task Force Chair had only been listed under Miscellaneous in the November 17 20 Planning Commission agenda. The Management Assistant concurred saying it was the first 21 chance for the pubic to hear the report but it certainly hadn't been a formal public hearing per 22 se. 23 24 Chau Faust indicated he wanted to bring up an issue which came up during both Council and 25 Planning Commission meetings as recorded in those minutes. He said he was referring to 26 remarks which were reported as "off the record", admitting he had been as guilty as anyone of 27 using that ploy. The Chair observed that if the meeting were telecast there would be no way • 28 of turning the camera off and he believed the secretary should not be asked to turn off the tape 29 recorder either. Chair Faust suggested it might be more appropriate to either recess or adjourn 30 the meeting for remarks which are not intended to be made public. Commissioner Madden 31 pointed out that he recalled the last time he had requested a recess the Chair had not granted 32 his request. He said the conversation had involved a discussion with a Sports Booster who 33 wanted to talk about improvements in the sports area of Central Park for which he had 34 requested a five minute recess. Chair Faust said he couldn't recall the incident but wanted to 35 apologize if he had turned down that request. The Chair went on to say it was his personal 36 opinion that anything said during a Conunnission meeting should be made public. Chair Faust 37 said this had become an integrity issue for him for which he wished to chastise himself and to 38 recommend the practice be avoided. 39 40 The Commissioners were reminded that the election of officers would be held at the fust 41 Commission meeting in January. The Chair then extended his wishes for a Happy New Year 42 to all present. 43 44 Before the meeting was closed, Mr. Urbia thanked the Commissioners for bringing the lack of 45 landscaping around the Stop-N-Shop mall sign to his attention. He indicated he might be 46 bringing the issue of what materials could be used in this area to the Council since the newest 47 trend in recycling calls for using woodchips instead of rock which just kills anything 48 underneath. He also said he thought chips were more attractive looking than rock and pointed 49 out that using them would create a market for the City's woodchips. Commissioner Madden 50 agreed that woodchips look.beautiful when you first put theta out but said they look terrible 51 after three or four months. He also mentioned that woodchip cover seems to encourage the 52 breeding of little bugs. The Management Assistant said he perceived the trick was to cover 53 the chips when it rained so they would decompose naturally and could be replaced. 54 Connnissioner Madden pointed out that the City Ordinance did not allow the use of 55 woodchips for landscaping around signs. The Management Assistant indicated he wanted to 56 get the Council perspective on the issue nevertheless.