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HRC REPORT - LOGAN AREA The letter and Report to REZONING & EXTENSION OF CIVIC Council from the Chairman CENTER DRIVE - FILED of the City's Human Rela- tions Commission following a June 21 Commission meeting, concerning the future of the Logan Area, was received and filed on the motion of Councilman Bricken, seconded by Councilman Brandt, and unanimously carried CA 78.6 $:0. CA 29.1 CA 131.1 LOGAN AREA PROBLEMS A task force to develop TASK FORCE solutions to the Logan ESTABLISHED Area problems and recom- mend action to the City Council within 90 days was established, on the unanimously approved 5:0 motion of Councilman Bricken, seconded by Councilman Ward. Councilman Bricken volunteered to be the Council representative along with a member from each of the' following: residential owners, industrial owners, Staff, Planning Commission, Human Relations Commission and Community Redevelopment Commission. The task force will address the two main issues: (A) The exten- sion route or termination of the easterly end of Civic Center Drive. with time schedules for any reauired imnlementation and/or funding; and ~B] A soecific ~lan for any zone chan~es indicatin~ all maior advantages, disadvantages, costs, and extent of community su~ort or oDnosition of both ~ro~ertv owners and tenant residents, with time schedules for any required immlementa- tion and/or funding. The Council acted in response to a letter dated' July 27, 1977 from Mike Andrade, Chairman, Logan Planning Committee of the Logan Community, requesting Council to direct the Planning Commission to initiate proceedings to amend the zoning classifi- cation of the Logan Area from M2 to R2. Speakers appearing before Council regarding the requested zone change hearing were: Robert Noble, 1318 N. Lincoln, Logan businessman and property owner Sandra Pratt, Blue Bird Towing, Logan businesswoman Henry Lomakin, 1041 Logan, Logan businessman, building/ plumbing shop Mike Andrade, resident of Logan The three business people speaking pointed out the investment they had made in their properties in Logan, noted that it would be difficult for them to relocate these businesses, but expressed willingness to work with the City and the residents on the problem. Mike Andrade, representing the residents, stated that the problems all come down to the fact that the residents can't afford to move and have nowhere to go, but they are also anxious to have some resolution to the uncertainty of their future and would like to have a decision made. Councilmen generally concurred with Councilman Ward's statement that the Logan area, although a good residential area 100 years ago, is part of a City evolving into a highly populated urban city; that the Logan area no longer has the characteristics for good residential use; it is bounded by a freeway and railroads, is checker-boarded with industrial use and is too small for good parks, schools, churches or open space to provide residents the CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 277 AUGUST 1, 1977