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ZONING AND ANNEXATION August 27,2012 3:30 p.m. Committee Members Present: Oliver Davis, Dr. Fred Ferlic,Dr. David Varner, Gavin Ferlic Other Council Present: Tim Scott,Henry Davis,Karen White Others Present: Don Inks, Scott Ford, Gary Gilot, Mark Neal,Mike Mecham, Murray Miller,Aaron Perri Agenda: Bill No. 12-65 Special Exception 1120 Napier Bill No. 12-66 Howard Park Master Plan Oliver Davis, Chair of the Zoning and Annexation Committee, opened the hearing announcing that by the request of the petitioner, Bill No. 12-65 would be continued to the next meeting on September 10, 2012. Moving to the second item on the agenda, Oliver recognized Jitin Cain from the city's Economic Development Department to make a presentation of the Howard Park Development Plan, Phase II. Using both a handout and a power point presentation,Jitin proceeded to recount the charette process conducted over the past few years involving numerous public meetings with neighborhood residents and business owners primarily along Jefferson Blvd. Coming from that process came a plan that focused on new residential development on the recently cleared Transpo and Shumaker Construction sites along Northside Blvd., Businesses along Jefferson would be retained and existing residences in the area would be preserved. In the discussion that followed, Oliver Davis asked if any Councilmember's served on any planning committees. Jitin said that while there were none formally on any committee the planning sessions were posted and open. Oliver said an at-large and the district Councilmember should have been invited to sit on the committee. Karen White asked if the East Bank Plan and the Howard Park Plan were in concert. Jitin said they were. Henry Davis cautioned that the arterial streets bordering the area,namely Jefferson and Eddy should remain free-flow without attempts to "calm"traffic. David Varner asked about the RFP process for the Transpo property wondering what the financial aspects would amount to in terms of infrastructure investment. Tim Scott suggested the new residential area be designed for a socio-economic mix rather than all high end.