Chair Cook, spot zoning is the practice of kind of singling out a parcel. Let's say we have a residential large residential community and somebody wants to reszone their house to C4, let's say, and it's only one parcel. There's no C4 within miles around, that would really be considered spot zoning. So, it's a specific one parcel action where they're changing the zoning to something that's not compatible with any of the land uses around it.

Um, seems pretty straightforward to me. Uh, very Mr. Palmer, thank you so much for a very thorough staff report. Hope that the uh owner of uh 7805 comes forward. Um but uh I don't believe that this would be uh injurious to surrounding land use to have a different zoned parcel in the middle of this park. So I'm in favor. Thanks.

I too am in favor of this. Seems pretty straightforward forward. B1 seems like a good fit for uh some local neighborhood businesses that aren't going to be disruptive to the neighborhood but rather complimentary. So I too will be supporting this.

But we're now talking about a long game of a long game. And I think the question that I have um that I would just encourage commissioners and the city council and staff to really think about is not whether or not inter not whether or not the the parking should continue because obviously that's a bit of a baked scenario but whether or not Bloomington has a vision for the South Loop that is actually reflective of what we are physically doing and approving for the site.

The last thing anybody wants is a vacant parking site and it won't have cars on it because it's it's intended to be a development site. And so, uh, as we've talked about it over the many months, it essentially becomes an incentive to do something different. Uh, because you're not, you know, you're not going to be able to park cars there. It's not going to generate revenue. And then so it becomes a development site.

One of the two fundamental issues that the district plan is uh I guess straining its aspiration is one the significant change in the office market. It's had a significant impact on what the South Loop District can be. Um the changes in that real estate market and the second thing that is always going to be in tension with the aspiration of the South Loop District plan is the impacts of the airport.

I do struggle with that fundamental premise of allowing that to continue. Um, I appreciate the hard work that the staff has put into this, the flexibility that the applicant has shown and the willingness to work with the city. Um, I understand their need for more certainty. Um, particularly as you you look around for a developer um or a buyer and it's just uh again I'm I will just be very open. I I I'm struggling a bit with um with it.

One of the questions that came up and I'm a little puzzled by this is the goal still is to have a mixeduse development on the property. That hasn't changed. Right. Has not changed. No, that has not changed. So, that is still the long-term plan here on this property.

And prior to this 10-year extension, there were development milestones that were required. there was uh sort of a check-in on the conditional use permit, the interim use permanent per permit over a period of time um where certain milestones had to be met. And I'm curious to know why that's not happening for these sites.

The comprehensive plan is guidance. It is forward-looking. It is policy. What what really prescribes and controls the land use is what happens with zoning. And that's what the city is getting right in my humble opinion this time around with CX2 being a flexible tool. uh you've seen what it's done at Mall of America and and let's talk about some of the development in South Loop.

Bloomington's current zoning rules treat all street facing yards on lowdensity residential corner lots as front yards. This requires larger lot sizes. um increased setbacks and stricter regulations compared to interior lots. These standards may hinder the city's goals of encouraging infel development and housing affordability while also creating inequities for corner lot owners by limiting their ability to expand their homes or add accessory structures.

This is a recurring theme and what where policy is really going across the United States and municipalities and I commend the city for really being on the front the front foot of it. Um, you know, I've had some skeptical comments over time of how much time we're spending on it, but aside from that, I do think we're doing the right thing. I think we're ahead of the game and whether this makes an actual difference in the city of Bloomington, I realistically it's not. Um, we're already built out.

This boils down to effectively of just a building safety issue that uh due to some water intrusion that happened in a couple of the structural columns of the tower um uh at some point in the future uh it's going to be structurally unsafe and so the city is taking proactive action to uh get ahead of some of those things. In addition to that, um, a lot of the components of the clock itself, the the clock was built, uh, in the 1990s, I believe, and so they're no longer available, uh, to replace a lot of the components.

However, um I think this is this is a this is something that could have come before the planning commission in some capacity as a as a study item. Um, I think this is why we have a planning commission is to look at our city and what's the long-term and I'm not at all doubting our city staff and their expertise and I imagine it was reviewed by uh a licensed engineer and I'm not doubting their expertise either. However, um I think this is this is a this is something that could have come before the planning commission.