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E B 13 1990 Boos A <br />Director Keating confirmed that is the case, and that is why <br />we have built in incentives for reducing the set-aside percentage <br />required if they preserve it in contiguous pieces. <br />Planner DeBlois further explained that staff's position is <br />that while the intent is to provide at least minimal habitat for <br />identified listed species on the site, we also have some <br />provision for the more common species of urban wildlife such as <br />songbirds, etc. <br />Commissioner Bird did not believe anyone would debate that <br />what we are attempting to do is good from an environmental <br />standpoint, but the question is are we going about it the right <br />way in taking the property from the present property owners or is <br />there a better way of accomplishing that. For instance, we have <br />on the drawing board right now a Parks & Recreation Open Space <br />Impact Fee Ordinance. The purpose of this would be to place an <br />impact fee against new construction that would generate funds to <br />go out and purchase lands to be developed into P&R facilities. <br />That has not been adopted yet, and he felt it would be simple to <br />add to that the ability to purchase lands for conservation <br />purposes, and then we could go out and target the pristine areas <br />that really do enhance nature, put a price tag on them and <br />preserve them and put them in a conservation mode. <br />Chairman Eggert believed that we have that as part of the <br />mitigation that is stated under No. 1. <br />Chairman Eggert opened the public hearing regarding the <br />policy for 25% upland retention of native plant community <br />acreage, and announced that she would ask people to speak in the <br />order she called out from the sign-up sheets. <br />Chamber of Commerce - David Risinger, 1940 10th Avenue, <br />advised that he was the sub -committee chairman who put together <br />the review of the Comprehensive Plan as it relates to industrial <br />development specifically. Mr. Risinger addressed the Chamber's <br />position on the upland requirement as related to industrial land <br />use. He stressed that the 25% requirement will hamper new <br />34 <br />L:__1 <br />