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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes August 15, 2000 Page 6 • 1 Stille noted his objection to the parking issue and stated that he was not comfortable with the re- 2 sults of a potential regulation change and the long-term effects of such change. 3 Thomas noted that possibly this issue should be studied further by the Commission and decided 4 at a later time. Stille inquired if the City Attorney could re-study the parking-to-tenant ratio. 5 Isom noted that the Commission's option was to table this issue; however, he did not feel there 6 would be any negative impacts for the City on the existing or future industrial areas based on 7 these new standards. 8 Tillmann noted that she would tend to"agree with Stille. 9 Bergstrom noted that the issue in question could be a good idea; however,there was not a com- 10 fortable level amongst the Commissioners regarding the issue. Additionally, he noted that part of 11 his job as Commission Chair was to bring issues to a vote and typically issues are not tabled. 12 Thomas noted that from a planning and public policy prospective, the Commission was consider- 13 ing making a change based upon Mr. Solie's private interest. However, from a planning prospec- 14 tive, the Commission should be making the change so that it reflects the City's best interests and 5 the public's best interests. 16 Bergstrom noted that the Planning Commission needed to rely on the City Staff and City 17 Attorney that have researched the issue and made recommendations to the Commission. 18 Thomas commented that he continues to feel that this is not a public policy driven issue, and that 19 the Planning Commission is being reactive. Again,he stated that whenever changes in public 20 policy are considered, that alternative public transportation needed to offer. He would like to re- 21 quest that owners of properties be required to develop alternative transportation plans. 22 Melsha noted that he was uncomfortable with requiring such a plan because he was unsure how it 23 could be implemented, enforced or approved.'Thomas stated that the enforcement would be 24 similar to the conditions placed on conditional use permits. He suggested that the issue be table 25 for another month to flush out some of the concerns and questions. 26 Motion by Bergstrom, second by Melsha,to approve the petition for zoning ordinance as pre- 27 sented in a memorandum from Staff elated August 9 with the following conditions and for the 28 following reasons: 29 --Change the square footage'mentioned in the plan from 1,000 square feet,to 800 square feet; 30 --The petition is approved based on the recommendations of City Staff and City Attorney; 31 --The petition is approved based on discussions with applicant; --The petition is approved with the understanding that the Planning Commission will visit in the 3 near future the issue of including alternative transportation in the appropriate place in the 34 ordinance under"parking."