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