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AGFUO - Public comments submitted for the June 1, 2021, City Council Meeting From: Jim Merryman Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 20217:55 AM To: Mayor and City Council Subject: DSP Retail Quota As a task force member of the recently completed Downtown Specific Plan update, I'm concerned that our 18 months of work to craft a plan aimed at improving the health and vitality of downtown is at material risk of being ignored. The Staff Report recommending increasing mandatory retail quota from 25% to 60% is not consistent with either the letter of the task force recommendations or intent. Given DSP's adaptation just a few months before COVID laid waste to our economy, an appropriate path forward is to table any changes for now and allow a few years to pass so that a full evaluation of the current DSP regulations can be completed. A little time will also allow an opportunity to incorporate the inevitable unintended consequences that will arise as COVID recedes. But if action must be taken, suggest focusing on reducing the regulatory and permitting burden that discourages small business. Distributed to City Council for the September 7, 2021, meeting