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SPR 9190 aoox 43- PAGE 205 Loy STATED THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO FIND A COMPROMISE, BUT SHE WAS NOT COMFORTABLE WITH MAKING ANY CHANGES IN THE REQUEST THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE BOARD. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT FELT THAT SOME KIND OF PROGRESSION IS AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY. HE NOTED THAT SKATETOWN HAS BEEN MENTIONED A GOOD DEAL AND HE WAS GRATEFUL THAT THE PEOPLE WHO RUN IT, OPERATE IT SO WELL, BUT HE POINTED OUT THAT THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO SKATETOWN CANNOT AND WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AS MIRAFLORES SUBDIVISION. HE STATED THAT HE COULD ACCEPT COMMISSIONER WODTKE'S SUGGESTION TO SPLIT THE PROPOSED BUFFER. COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED THAT HE WOULD VOTE AGAINST ANY REZONING FOR SEVERAL REASONS. HE FELT SUCH A REZONING WOULD BE CONTRARY TO THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE NEIGHBORS, WHO WERE AWARE THAT IT WAS C-1 ALONG THE STREET, BUT DID NOT EXPECT TO HAVE ANY TRANSI- TIONAL ZONING. HE ALSO FELT THERE WAS A VERY IMPORTANT POINT RAISED ABOUT WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL. COMMISSIONER DEESON FELT THAT IN MOST INSTANCES HE WOULD SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR BUFFER ZONING. HE, HOWEVER, HAD TOURED THE AREA AND OBSERVED THE HOMES BUILT OUT THERE AND THE DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE. HE FELT THE MONEY INVESTED THERE WAS DONE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THERE WAS COMMERCIAL NEARBY, BUT THEY CERTAINLY DID NOT BUILD THESE HOMES FEELING THAT MULTIPLE FAMILY MIGHT GO IN ON A SMALL TRACT OF LAND BY THE COMMERCIAL. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, TO DENY THE ZONING CHANGE REQUESTED BY MR. CHILDERS FROM R-1 TO R -2B BASED ON THE FACT THAT PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE AREA (65 PEOPLE REPRESENTING ABOUT 210 ACRES) PURCHASED THEIR PROPERTY AND BUILT AWARE OF THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL AND DID NOT BUY WITH THE THOUGHT THAT THERE WOULD BE MULTIPLE FAMILY BETWEEN THEM AND THE COMMERCIAL. COMMISSIONER WODTKE NOTED THAT THE MOTION IS MADE TO DENY THE REQUEST, AND HE WILL HAVE TO VOTE FOR IT BECAUSE IT IS AGAINST