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Commissioner Dove stated that he agrees with Commissioner Wright in terms of the vote. He expressed concern with the people in attendance tonight having to come back again. He suggested that some of the issues could be voted on this evening. He commented that the survey made as part of the General Plan review indicated a very high percentage of the people were very, very pleased with the City. He believes that this has not changed significantly. He noted that there are some people with a lot of concern regarding this issue, but he does not believe that this spills over into the entire community. He stated that with regard to the problems with schools, he noted that by State law, the City does place the schools and it does not determine the number of schools needed. He noted that the opportunity for residents to express their concerns regazding schools is during a school board election. He stated that nothing will come out of a survey or a specific plan that will change any thing as far as schools are concerned. Commissioner Dove suggested that if a motion is in order, the Planning Commission could indicate tonight that the small properties, such as the Lauers, Jennardos, and the completion of the business park on Quarry could be excluded from any thing that the Planning Commission decides. He also suggested a second motion excluding the Staples Ranch area, in that there has been a strong commitment to those living on Stoneridge, noting that there has already been approval for the completion Stoneridge and the Staples Ranch area. He noted that a decision regarding the Busch property would not be that easy, and he would concur that a delay to a later date to take a look at both the industrial and, particularly, Kaiser. He stated that at that point a recommendation could be made to the City Council that it start along-range look at Kaiser and El Charro. Chair Cooper commented that he came into this meeting with a commitment that he was not going to vote on this matter tonight, and that he had expressed that to Commissioner Kumaran, therefore, he is not going to support any motion, piecemeal, or otherwise. He stated that he wants to think about the issues. He stated that basically he was in support of the Staples Ranch "re-do," because he would like to see the sports pazk out there and he does not see that putting additional residential in place of industrial acts to the detriment of the City. He commented that he is sympathy with the existing Stoneridge plan, as amended with the sports park. He noted that he did not see an enormous problem with the Busch property in terms of it meeting its planning requirements. He noted that some fine tuning could be done. He would like to see the connection with EI Charro addressed, but he believes that what comes back as a result of this exercise will be pretty much what we have now, in that there are not that many alternatives for the area. He stated that the whole azea could be made light industrial, but he does not feel that this would be a very nice thing for residents to have next to their homes. He noted that when the referendum went through, he thought it was a powerful political signal that somehow his thinking was not in conjunction with the thinking of a lot of people in town; however, he notes that a part of the support the referendum got was from a reaction to what many perceived as unfair campaign tactics of the developer, not necessarily a referendum on the issue. Chair Cooper stated that he does respect anybody who gets 5,000 signatures and he does not believe it is unreasonable to do a specific plan level study of the area, incorporating the City's interface with the quarries. He noted that just because we have a plan it does not mean it is going to be built tomorrow. He stated that it is the rate we achieve a plan that impacts the infrastructure. He agreed that the School Board needs to address the schools issue. He would like to see a plan of some kind that looks at all of the issues. If the gravel companies want to be involved that would be great, but if they don't want to be involved, the area should still be planned. He would like to see a solution with El Charro Road come out of this. He stated that the General Plan looked at the Busch property, specifically, partly in Planning Commission Minutes Page 12 March 24, 1998