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Agenda Item: GP08-004 Major General Plan Amendment From: October 5, 2008 Dennis Luebkin 10 Cienega Prescott,Arizona 86301 To: Planning and Zoning Commissioners and Members of the Prescott City Council, 210 South Cortez Street Prescott,AZ 86303 RE:General Plan Amendment City of Prescott GP08-004,West Airport Area Major Amendment Dear Commissioners and Members of the Council, As a resident of the City of Prescott residing in the Antelope Hills Development directly east of the proposed General Plan Amendment(GPA)area and having reviewed the information provided by the City of Prescott I would like to indicate my support of the General Plan Amendment process with the qualifiers as are indicated below.Although growth by some is not seen as positive, it is inevitable and needs to be handled in a manner that is appropriate, positive and beneficial to the community. I appreciate that the City of Prescott has the foresight to look at the need for appropriate land uses to guide the area in a direction that meets the future needs of the community and to prevent checker board construction of poorly thought out developments which have been evident in other surrounding areas of the community, county and state. It was my honor to have spoken to the Planning and Zoning Commission at the Special Public Hearing on October 2, 2008 to voice my support and opinions. It is understood that approval of this General Plan Amendment is just the first step in a long process in regards to more detailed studies being conducted and future Rezoning and Annexation of this area into the City of Prescott. However,there are portions of the General Plan Amendment which I feel needs to be addressed in more detail or added to the general plan to make this acceptable. There have been differing views expressed as to what or when certain issues are addressed in a general plan amendment, i.e.should they be addressed now or should they be addressed in a future stage. It is my experience that if these items are not addressed in some manner during the GPA they do not get addressed at any other time since the precedence has been set by the GPA. There are several points that currently have not fully been considered or should be added to the GPA.These are: 1. The current plan does not indicate the surrounding zoning districts either in the county or the city which identify the existing densities adjacent to the properties to help justify the current plan. 2. It is known that areas currently surrounding the proposed GPA contain lower densities per acre than the proposed plan indicates.These areas are parcels of two acres in size. The GPA is indicating new land uses of higher density directly adjacent to these areas. It is highly recommended that in areas where there are dissimilar zoning densities 13