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200 It was moved by Ms. Mohr, and seconded by Ms. Scribner, not to approve Planning Commission Recommendation No. 3, (which states that existing wooden sidewalks should be retained but that new ones should not be encouraged), and instead to approve Staff Recommendation No. 28, retain wooden sidewalks and encourage new ones where appropriate. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmembers Mohr, Scribner and Vice Mayor Tarver NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: Mayor Mercer and Councilmember Butler Ms. Mohr supported Ms. Scribner's objectives for retail only but questioned how the goal would be accomplished. She was concerned with the timing of the retail only concept. She thought that the merchants would already be affected by the reconstruction and she would like to consider this issue no sooner than two years from now. Mr. Tarver agreed with Ms. Mohr. He was not ready to implement this plan until the completion of Main Street. He too was seeking other ideas that would not put the property owners in an economic loss for three months. Ms. Scribner stated that the retail only would be implemented when the Main Street reconstruction is complete. She explained that the Task Force struggled with this item also because it was not an easy decision. She believed that the downtown can come along on its own but it may take 10 to 12 years to do so or never. She indicated that cities that did limit to retail only turned around in 5 to 6 years. It was moved by Mr. Tarver, and seconded by Ms. Mohr, to eliminate staff recommendation Condition 32 (creating a Pedestrian Retail and a Downtown Commercial zone) and Condition 33 (establishing a "retail only". requirement on the ground floor) and directing staff to bring back other alternatives. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmembers Mohr and Vice Mayor Tarver NOES: Councilmember Scribner ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: Mayor Mercer and Councilmember Butler 11/17/92 26