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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, '1988 <br /> <br />a larger segment of our population. (Parking for large events in the <br />park currently imposes on the nearby church parking lots tosome <br />extent). The addition of volleyball courts, a fitness/jogging trail <br />and fitness structures would probably increase the appeal of the park <br />as would additional landscaping and somewhat better maintenance. <br />Lighting parts of the park for nighttime use would also probably <br />increase patronage. <br /> <br />If the quest for more residential property in the city is aimed at <br />achieving a better balance or increased population in the school <br />system, the elimination of tuition for non-city residents in the <br />school coupled with making the city schools into "magnet" schools <br />would encourage an increase in school population. <br /> <br />3. Available housing in the city might be increased by: <br /> <br />Deriving an acceptable tax formula which would not penalize <br />developers while holding newly developed unsold lots. An <br />interesting suggested variation of this theme was the <br />development of a tax on vacant lots which would encourage <br />their owners to either build on those lots or sell them to <br />people who would build on them. <br /> <br />Investigation of the use of eminent domain as well as zoning <br />to require owners of tracts to sell them for residential <br />development. <br /> <br />Co <br /> <br />Identify and define boundaries of neighborhoods to encourage <br />neighborhood pride. Consider upgrading or redeveloping once <br />desirable residential areas and possibly rezoning some <br />non-residential areas into residential areas that are no <br />longer desirable for nonresidential purposes. <br /> <br />Recognize and publicize land that can be built on using <br />imaginative rather than traditionally designed houses. <br />Undertake, or encourage private citizens to undertake, <br />studies of ways to develop nonlevel areas using the hills to <br />an advantage instead of regarding them as detriments to <br />residential development. <br /> <br />I hope you will find the foregoing as properly responsive to your inquiry of' <br />August 23, 1988. Rest assured that we are continuing to work on the foregoing <br />items in a conscientious way and I believe we should be reporting further to <br />you as I have indicated above in the very near future. <br /> <br /> <br />