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willing to pay, given the choice. She stated that the City owns this lot and would have a say in the utilization of the lot and that should be addressed. She added that from listening to the businesses affected by the lot it did not seem like a good thing, business-wise, to do, unless there were some bigger financial reason to do so. Ms. Riganti stated that the concept presented in the plan would have economic development benefits to the City and it was an important part in consideration of the plan, but not a critical component or representation of that concept. She added that the City Council has said they do not want development to occur on that lot, whether or not it would have economic benefits to the City. Ms. Lewis stated that with parking, traffic, and eventually the trolley, that was a lot in one corridor that would affect traffic flow and parking in that area and with The Loop generating money for the community, that was a lot at one time. Mr. Lai stated that the pending traffic and parking study may not be able to address the financial part, but hopefully result in some solutions. Ms. Moran stated that the City Council heard from many citizens, some of them from south of The Loop, who looked at Plans and asked Council how it would all work. She stated that her position is that what happens in Parkview Gardens affects the adjacent areas and did not see how the plan could be approved without having all the data. She asked if somehow the corner could be separated out while waiting on data. She stated that the 2013 Plan was still in the works and data was needed for that also; if that corner could be separated out, it seemed like the only workable way. Mr. Halpert stated that what he would like to see the Plan Commission focus on, although the parking issue is big and needs to be worked out, the other issue was that he wants to move forward with the guts of the Parkview Gardens Plan now so it can be moved forward. He added that this was good timing and what he would like to decide was how to proceed with the into the 2013/2014 Plan, they would not be sitting on the parking issue and it would be something focused on in the upcoming comprehensive planning process. Mr. Halpert stated that s thoughts on the need to complete the Parkview Gardens Plan as an amendment to the 2005 Comprehensive Plan and then deal with the parking issue so the 2013/2014 Plan can be addressed which would not just be looking at the Parkview Gardens area, but looking at the areas to the north, south, east, and west. He added that he would prefer to focus on what answers we need to have in the next couple months. Ms. Locke stated that another factor was that as a Plan Commission we have no voice in the issue of the trolley and we should expect that to be pivotal action that would change the dynamic of traffic flow. She stated that as a Plan Commission we could weigh in on pieces that surround that, but the trolley would affect traffic most because of what would happen to Delmar and it was unknown as there were a lot of details not yet attended to. She added that the decisions made as a Plan Commission need to be long-term and not short-term in solving a problem. Ms. Locke stated that while she appreciated the merchants in The Loop being concerned about free parking, tm; E