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Museum District <br /> <br />Hale stated the vision for the Museum District was to be a center for shopping, cultural, and <br />entertainment activities, and to attract a third museum, then showed slides of Old Pasadena to <br />depict some of the streetscape and design themes envisioned for the Museum District. Hale <br />enumerated the Museum District's advantages (e.g., regional museums), constraints (e.g., many <br />small lots that may require consolidation), and development opportunities (e.g., reuse of Weight <br />Watchers building). <br /> <br />Hale proposed rezoning properties with Main Street frontage to C-1 Museum District as an <br />immediate action. Hale cited the current uses permitted in the C1 District with and without a <br />Conditional Use Permit (CLIP), added uses to be permitted with and without a CUP, and uses to <br />be deleted. The Council also discussed excluding certain uses (e.g., laundromats) from and <br />confining certain uses (e.g., science centers) to the Museum District. Hale concluded by <br />proposing as a future action the development and adoption of a Museum District-wide Plan to <br />address signage, parking, pedestrian circulation and other such issues. <br /> <br />PUBLIC COMMENTS <br /> <br />Michelle Morfisey expressed support for the City's development planning efforts, spoke about <br />Planning and Building Agency customer perceptions, and urged Council to limit certain types of <br />land uses and to plan for open space. <br /> <br />John Kendrick contended Santa Ana had the demographics to make businesses viable and urged <br />the Council to more aggressively promote the City's outstanding amenities such as national <br />award-winning music and eating establishment, Crazy Horse. <br /> <br />John MacDowell expressed support for the City's planning efforts and cautioned the City about <br />interim projects that may prove incompatible with the development envisioned for the area. <br /> <br />Suzanne Esber thanked the Council for attending her recent neighborhood meeting, related <br />concerns that her neighborhood was mistakenly perceived by some quarters as anti-business, and <br />expressed support for the City's planning efforts. <br /> <br />Jim Carter, representing James McClure, expressed concerns that a blanket zone change such as <br />expanding the P (Professional) zone would cut property values and penalize property owners. <br /> <br />Mci Vernon opined that uninteresting architecture was partly to blame for Main Street vacancies, <br />indicated his neighborhood's opposition to certain development projects, thanked Councilmember <br />Mills for accepting his invitation to "walk" his neighborhood, and extended the same invitation to <br />other Councilmembers. <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 176 MAY 20, 1996 <br /> <br /> <br />