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Commissioner Sullivan would like to see the Commission explore and evaluate potential land uses that would benefit the East Side community, and in doing that, circulation and other impacts would be examined- He believed that the commissions, businesses, and residents should be involved, and that this would be a more detailed effort than a General Plan Update- He noted that the extent of the participation depended on the amount o£ time available to develop the plan. C7ommissioner Roberts believed this could be rolled into the Land Use Element as a separate study area, with a lot of workshops. She would not want to turn this item over to a task force, and believed that the Planning Commission should be heavily involved because of the complexity of the issues. She emphasized that citizen input was crucial, and that the discussions could be broken up to address parks, housing on the East Side, business, and transportation and circulation which would be the overarching subject. Chairperson Arkin noted that a series of focused. workshops would be an important direction to take, with public input at each workshop. G'orramissioner Roberts suggested that the work product of the workshops be folded into the Land Use Element. Commissioner Maas noted that it was sometimes difficult to get the public involved, and suggested that the workshops be brought to the public in the East Side via hoaraeowners meetings, etc_ Commissioner Sedlak noted that a large area would be unusable, and added that Kie-Wit and Vulcan were likely to be in operation for a long time. He added that the Staples Ranch had been on hold, and that the Hanson property's future depended on Zone 7. He noted that 40% of the available land would be usable, and that between 20 40% of the remaining land would be dedicated to open space. He noted that unless the Stoneridge extension were built, some of the land would be accessible. Chairperson Arkin noted that staff would be able to provide traffic modal data for the area- Commissioner Sedlak noted that this was a very diftcult planning challenge, with very little land and even less access to it. Commissioner Maas noted that the traffic circulation would drive the rest of the plan, and needs to be defined first. Mr. Swift suggested crafting a motion to pass the information to City Council, and that City Council should initiate a process where the Planning Commission could study the area through a series of workshops as described. Commissioner Sullivan noted that certain tools should be available to the Commission to address the impacts of one area of focus on the others- PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES February 12, 2003 Page 17