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PLANNING DIRECTOR REVER APPROACHED THE BOARD AND STATED IT <br />SEEMED THE FACT WAS IGNORED THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN <br />WAS BEING DEVELOPED BY THE LOCAL STAFF. HE ADDED THAT THE REGIONAL <br />PLANNING COUNCIL'S STAFF COULD USE ALL THAT INFORMATION, WHICH WOULD <br />ESTABLISH A BASIC PARAMETER, AND THEY,IN TURN,000LD GIVE THE PLANNING <br />DEPARTMENT A VERY SHARP, LIMITED FOCUS ON SOME OF THE QUESTIONS <br />PRESENTED. MR. REVER ADVISED HIS STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED DOING THE <br />SMALLER, SHARPER -FOCUS STUDY TO SUPPLEMENT THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND <br />USE PLAN, HE ADDED THAT IT IS CHEAPER, THE TIME CONSIDERATION WAS <br />VERY IMPORTANT, AND HE WAS HOPEFUL THAT THEIR PLAN WOULD BE READY <br />BY THE END OF MARCH IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. MR, REVER FELT THIS KIND OF <br />WORK COULD GENERATE THE SHARPER FOCUS INFORMATION TO ALLOW THE PLANNING <br />DEPARTMENT TO DO A BETTER PLAN. HE COMMENTED THAT THE DECEMBER 4, <br />1980 PUBLIC HEARING IS JUST THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE <br />LANE USE PLAN; THERE WILL BE SEVERAL MORE IN WHICH DISCUSSIONS WILL BE <br />ONGOING, AND CHANGES WILL BE MADE. MR. REVER CONTINUED THAT ALL OF <br />THESE PLANS ARE A COMPROMISE OF IDEAS AND SUGGESTED THAT THE BOARD <br />GO FORTH WITH THE SHARPER FOCUSED PLAN. HE ADDED THAT THEY HAVE <br />POLICIES NOW THAT MAINLY SUGGEST THAT THE NORTH BEACH AREA IS THE <br />LOWEST, PRIORITY -WISE, ON THE TOTEM POLE FOR RECEIVING FUTURE SEWER <br />AND WATER ALLOCATIONS OF A PUBLIC NATURE. MR, REVER STATED THAT <br />THEY HAVE NOT FULLY DEVELOPED THE TRANSPORTATION DATA, JUST ON A PIECE <br />MEAL BASIS, AND THEY WANT A BROAD DATA BASE TO GIVE THEM THE NEEDED <br />BACKGROUND IN ORDER TO MAKE A DECISION. HE ADDED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN <br />GRANTED A $20,000 STATE PLANNING GRANT, AND SUGGESTED THEY UTILIZE <br />A PORTION OF THIS GRANT FOR THE STUDY, AND USE A PORTION OF IT FOR - <br />THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, MR. REVER THOUGHT THE CARRYING <br />CAPACITY APPROACH WOULD BE MORE HELPFUL, AND THE THREE MONTHS COMPLETION <br />TIME WOULD BE VERY MUCH IN LINE AND WOULD COINCIDE WITH THEIR DESIRE <br />TO FINISH THEIR PLAN ELEMENTS BY THE END OF MARCH. <br />CAROLYN EGGERT, OF THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION, SUPPORTED <br />WHAT THE PLANNING DIRECTOR HAD SAID, AS THE MEMBERS ON THE PLANNING <br />& ZONING COMMISSION HAVE FELT THE LACK OF UP-TO-DATE STUDIES AND WOULD <br />Nov 19 1980 25 800 <br />