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r AUG 18 1981 BOUn 4 7 rAue PLANNING DIRECTOR REVER CONFIRMED THAT HIS DEPARTMENT, WORKING AS A RELATIVELY NEW STAFF, HAS HAD TO PRODUCE THE PROPOSED PLAN IN A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR'S TIME, AND HE BELIEVED THE 4$ WORKSHOPS MEN- TIONED BY THE CHAIRMAN ARE INDICATIVE OF THEIR EFFORT TO TRY TO EXPOSE THIS PLAN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO PUBLIC SCRUTINY. HE WENT ON TO EXPLAIN THAT THE STATE MANDATE SPELLED OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE PLAN SHOULD CONTAIN AT A MINIMUM AND ALSO SAID THERE WERE CERTAIN OTHER ELEMENTS IT COULD CONTAIN AS A MATTER OF CHOICE. BE CAUSE OF THE TIME ELEMENT, THE PLANNERS BASICALLY STAYED WITH THE REQUIRED ELEMENTS; ALTHOUGH, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS IN THE PLAN THAT WERE NOT SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED. MR. REVER REPORTED THAT THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH THE REQUIRED PROCESS, HELD HEARINGS, AND DONE THE RESEARCH TO TRY TO ESTABLISH HOW THE PLAN SHOULD BE PUT TOGETHER, SENIOR PLANNER CHALLACOMBE WILL EXPLAIN THIS PROCESS IN HIS PRESENTATION. MR, REVER WISHED TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE PLAN PROVIDES A CHOICE; IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT IF WE DESIGNATE A PIECE OF LAND AT A CERTAIN DENSITY THAT IT MUST ALL BE DEVELOPED AT THAT PARTICULAR LEVEL, THE PLAN STATES "UP TO AND NOT IN EXCESS OF, HE FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT LAND USE DESIGNATION SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH ZONING. MR. REVER NOTED THAT IF WE WERE TO RESTRICT LAND TO ONLY A CERTAIN POPULATION, YOU WOULD BE MAKING SOME PEOPLE VERY RICH BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE THE POSSESSORS OF THE LAND ON WHICH ONLY ONE KIND OF HOUSING COULD TAKE PLACE. PLANNING DIRECTOR REVER THEN WENT TO THE MAP TO DEMONSTRATE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT COULD AND SHOULD COME TO PASS WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE PROPOSED PLAN, HE EXPLAINED THAT HE CHOSE THE GIFFORD MXD (MIXED USE ZONE) WHICH ALLOWS A MIXTURE OF HOUSING TYPES AND RESIDENTIAL UP TO 16 UNITS PER ACRE FOR HIS EXAMPLE. MR. REVER EXPLAINED THAT IN ANALYZ- ING AN AREA THEY FIRST TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT, AND THE PINK AND BLUE AREAS ON THE MAP INDICATE THE PRESENT LAND USE - WHETHER RESIDENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL OR PUBLIC USE, THE LAND IN THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE,WHICH IS PRESENTLY DEVELOPED OR SUBDIVIDED FOR DEVELOPMENT, CONTAINS SOME SECTIONS DEVELOPED AT A DENSITY OF R, SOME AT 6, 5, 2 AND EVEN 1, AND IT CALCULATES TO AN OVERALL AVERAGE DENSITY OF 5.1. 6