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<br />Excerpt from 10-19-06 Joint BZA/PC Meeting <br /> <br />Page 40f4 <br /> <br />holding it until October 31, he urged the Boardmembers and Commissioners to help. Pastor <br />Mortara also said the only reason that Faith Fellowship wants to move is because the <br />congregation has outgrown its current site. Going from 65 to more than 1,500 people has created <br />a parking and traffic nightmare. Faith Fellowship, he said, wants to sell its current church to a <br />congregation that is one-ninth the size of theirs. <br /> <br />Boardmember Chin asked whether Option 1 might be pursued now, with Option 2 tabled for <br />possible future adoption. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Horn indicated hearing three suggestions: Option 1; Option <br />2; and combined, to an extent, both Options 1 and 2. <br /> <br />Commissioner Wohltmann concurred with Boardmember Chin. His point, he reiterated, was to <br />create as large a pool of potential sites as possible. Commissioner Wohltmann also asked how <br />Option 1 helps Faith Fellowship, with its October 31 deadline. <br /> <br />Planning Services Manager Pollart replied that neither option is feasible within Faith <br />Fellowship's deadline. Hom indicated that the MDL site does not meet the criteria that staff laid <br />out; specifically, it is not on the edge, but rather entirely surrounded by industrial properties. <br /> <br />Boardmember Marr asked whether Faith Fellowship is coming before BZA or the Planning <br />Commission for this. Pollart explained that the church requested modifying the Zoning Code text <br />to conditionally permit assembly uses in the IL Zone, followed by a request for a re-zone from IP <br />to IL. Either way, the City cannot act by the church's October 31 deadline. <br /> <br />Commissioner Dlugosb suggested a straw vote to give Staff some direction on the option or <br />options to pursue. <br /> <br />Chair Raposo conducted a straw poll. <br /> <br />. Option 1 - 1 Aye <br />· Option 2 - 7 Ayes <br />· Combined Options 1 and 2 - 1 Aye <br /> <br />Planning Services Manager Pollart said that when the recommendation is formulated for the <br />City Council's Business Development Sub-Committee, the group would be informed about <br />Option 1 but also told that the straw vote favored Option 2. <br />