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~ ...) TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 1975 I can decide if the proposed zoning is consistent with the 1995 Land-Use Plan, it is necessary that I understand the meaning of the recommended Land Use of the property; specifically, what is the definition of Open Space Transitional? Mr. Barnes gave his definition of "open space transitional" to Council at the Public Hearing. Barnes stated, "In projecting proposed Land Use activities to support a population base for the target year 1995, the twenty-year projected plan, there will be so many areas of single-family residential use needed, so may acres of commercial activity, so many acres of industrial activity. And this is not an exact science, but we have projected what these land use activities should be, to support a projected population base for the year 1995. Now, once we do that, and we include in that permanent open space, we have some residue that's left over and we have no category for this. So, we call this a transitional open space. And in the continuing process, when we periodically look at this plan, and say, well, has something drastically changed in Martinsville--has a high growth industry come to Martinsville and maybe we will need more high density residential land use categories, and maybe we will need more intensified industrial categories, then we will update and change this plan." At the meeting of the Planning Commission on Tuesday, September 2nd, Jack Sapp, a member of the Planning Commission, explained that he made his decision based on the following definition of Open Space Transitional, which is different than the definition given to Council by Mr. Barnes: "Another open space use that is of particular importance in Martinsville consists of vacant land upon which it would not be economical to construct facilities for the other land-use types. This definition would include lands where topography, soils, geologic conditions, and in some cases adjacent uses, would limit the capability of a site for a particular use. Although in some cases open space provided by the plan appears to exceed that required by standards, the excess land usually is composed of the unbuildable land as defined above." Mayor Boaz. Vice-Mayor Hobson, and I attended the September 2nd Planning Commission meeting because we were concerned that the City Council and the Planning Commission were using different facts as the basis for the same issue. Mr. Sapp asked me if his definition of open space transitional was the same definition presented to Council by Mr. Barnes at the Public Hearing. I answered no. Mr. Irving McGhee answered no. Yet the Planning Commission refused to listen to the tape of the Public Hearing; in effect, refusing to discuss the issue.