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I <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NOTED THAT HE DID NOT WANT A DEBATE ON <br />THE MERITS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AT THIS POINT. <br />MR. MORRISON STATED THAT HE IS JUST ASKING THAT THE BOARD <br />NOT FIRM UP THE LAND USE PORTION IN THE TIME JUST DISCUSSED. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT FELT THAT WHERE MUCH OF THE CONFUSION <br />HAS ARISEN IS IN REGARD TO IMPLEMENTATION AND DENSITY. HE STATED <br />THAT BEFORE HE CAN CONSIDER DENSITY, HE FIRST MUST KNOW HOW IT IS <br />GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED. <br />MR. MORRISON WAS OF THE OPPOSING VIEW - THAT YOU FIRST <br />PROVIDE THE DENSITIES AND THEN ARRANGE FOR THEIR IMPLEMENTATION <br />BECAUSE YOU DON `T WANT TO SET UP A HIGH DENSITY AND THEN TRY TO MODIFY <br />IT BACK. HE AGAIN STRESSED THAT IN NO EVENT WILL THE ORDINANCES <br />NEGATE THE ESTABLISHED DENSITY. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT WE ADOPTED A PLAN THREE OR <br />FOUR YEARS AGO THAT PRETTY WELL REPRESENTED THE WAY THE COMMUNITY <br />WANTED TO GO. SHE EMPHASIZED THAT BECAUSE OF THAT, THE OUTGOING <br />COMMISSIONERS BELIEVED THE BACKGROUND THEY HAD WAS HELPFUL AND THEY <br />WERE DESPERATELY TRYING TO BE OF ASSISTANCE. SHE AGREED THAT THERE <br />IS NO EARTHLY WAY ANYTHING IS GOING TO BE ADOPTED BY NOVEMBER 1ST <br />AND FELT THE CONFUSION AROSE BECAUSE IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT IF WE <br />DON T KEEP GOING AT A GOOD PACE, IT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE TO MEET <br />EVEN THEJULY IST DEADLINE. SHE CONTINUED THAT SHE FELT SOME OF THE <br />THINGS NOW BEING PROPOSED ARE DIFFERENT ENOUGH FROM THE OTHER PLAN <br />THAT THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE TO BE BETTER INFORMED ABOUT IT THAN THEY <br />ARE AT THIS POINT. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE POINTED OUT THAT THERE IS NO WAY THE <br />PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT WILL SATISFY <br />EVERYONE BEFORE WE GET TO A PUBLIC HEARING, AND HE DID WISH THAT <br />EVERYONE WOULD LET THE DEPARTMENT DO THEIR WORK AND COME UP WITH <br />SOMETHING SO WE CAN GET TO A PUBLIC HEARING. <br />MR. BADENHOP READ FROM AN ARTICLE IN THE TODAY PAPER WHICH <br />STATED THAT THREE COMMISSIONERS ARE LEAVING OFFICE NOVEMBER IST AND <br />ARE GIVING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT UNTIL NOVEMBER IST ON THE COMPRE- <br />HENSIVE LAND USE PLAN. <br />SEP x.01980 <br />L- <br />I <br />