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City Council Meeting August 13, 2001 Page 3 speak to come forward. Pat Murphy, Route 2, Paris, Texas, came forward, advising that he is a Real Estate Appraiser with offices located at 712 19th S. E. Mr. Murphy told the City Council that he appeared before the Planning and Zoning Commission at their meeting in July and has several concerns about the Comprehensive Zoning and Land Use Plan. He said in reviewing the plan, he found twenty items which fall into two categories; obvious mistakes such as zoning the Fish Fry as Institutional, as well as zoning all the land between Highway 195 and Center Street on the outside of the Loop as Institutional on the map, which could be corrected. Mr. Murphy said the other items are more problematic as to what we really think the trends of uses are. He cited the example of lots along 20th N.E. being designated on the map as residential while the trend has been towards multi-family, office, and light retail. He pointed out that the same thing has occurred with Pine Bluff and 17th out to 20th N.E., which has gone commercial. Also, he noted development along 19thN.W., which is designated as moderate density residential, when in fact it has been going commercial. He felt the future of 19th N.W. is going to be commerciaL Mr. Murphy cited another example around North Collegiate and East Price between Cherry Street and Lamar, east of 25th Street, which is Wade Park over to Aikin School. He said this area is in transition at this time with duplexes and multi-family housing in this area. He pointed out that the city is allowing commercial and retail to go in this area, and it is probably the future of this area, but it is marked as moderate density residentiaL Mr. Murphy explained that the reason that he was present is because the plan should be as realistic as we can see it. Secondly, Mr. Murphy said that he hoped that the city puts in the record that this plan is not going to be the law of the land, but it should be a goal that this is the best concept that we have in 2001. A motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Manning to refer Mr. Murphy's concerns to the city's consultant. The motion was seconded by Councilman McCarthy and carried 7 ayes, 0 nays.