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that was not the problem the Plan Commission was supposed to solve or the goal of the Plan Commission. She stated that the problems to be solved are the bigger and long-term issues for the City. She stated that, as she understood, there were a lot of phases to the Parkview Gardens Plan, some phases that could likely approve that would take time to get going while the parking and traffic study take place that would give us data. She added that the trolley is on a different time-frame and was concerned about doing a traffic study after the tracks are laid. Ms. Locke stated that the Plan Commission needed to look at what could be done in the short-term to get the Parkview Gardens Plan moving. She stated that the idea of a sustainable community should be embedded into the thinking for the Comprehensive Plan and that is what makes the Parkview Gardens Plan so appealing, because of the substantive change in the way we think about our city. She added that she would like to get some of it going and the trolley is the biggest unknown. Ms. Felton stated her concern about the Plan was the condos shown and if a developer were to build the condos and think about selling them, which it sounds like condos are not selling right now, the most likely think to occur after being built is that Washington University would buy the condos and we would lose tax money. She added that we would also lose density because students are not counted in the Census. She stated we had to look at the bigger issue than just density but who would be in that density. Mr. Halpert asked if anyone was in favor of the current version of the Parkview Gardens Plan, if they thought it was fine as is. Ms. Locke stated she was in favor of just about everything conceptually, the conceptual framework. potentially solve a problem, there was no developer lining up to put condos there. She stated it was a solution acknowledging that there was going to be a problem with parking and it was not carte blanche for a developer to come put condos there. She stated she was in favor of the framework but wished there was a traffic and parking study done. Ms. Moran stated she agreed and as Ms. Locke had pointed out, there were issues brought up and Mr. Halpert stated that the question left is parking. He asked if parking was the only issue or if there were others. The Commission members stated traffic also. Mr. Senturia stated he thought there was one more issue, as the consultant said last time, parking was an issue and density was an issue as the area is at a minimal level to sustain the commercial district we have. He stated that the opinion of the consultant was that there was a need to increase density long- move on as quickly as possible given the notion of gathering data. Mr. Senturia stated that the Parkview Gardens Plan is a good p quickly on and a separate track for those a little more problematic. Mr. Halpert asked, in terms of different tracks, if Mr. Senturia meant amending the 2005 Plan or moving into the 2013 Plan. tm; E