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355 Planning Director Schroeter described briefly the Plan- ning Commission consideration on the subject application as contained in their Minutes of March 4 and April 1, 1975. Mr. Schroeter referred to a slide depicting the zoning of the affected neighborhood and observed that the long range General Plan for the area anticipates office development of some of the residential property in the Sequoia Hospital area. Discussion followed and Mr. Schroeter and City Attorney Schricker replied to questions concerning traffic patterns in the subject area, the anticipated development in the neighborhood, the type of landscaping contemplated with regard to "major clinic landscaping, ' and the requirement to find that any rezoning is consistent with the General Plan. Speer McClellan, 275 Hubbard, representing the applicant, discussed the nature of the neighborhood, the number of. hospital related professional offices presently constructed there, and the need for additional medical offices in the City. Mr. McClellan also described the reasons his client wishes to use the subject property for a medical office and why she believes such use will not be detrimental to the neighborhood. Mr. McClellan urged the Council to re- verse the Planning Commission decision to deny the appli- cation. ,A,,,. Daphne Chisholm, the applicant, commented further on her anticipated use of the property and the lack of avail- ability of medical office space elsewhere. Dr. Chisholm - replied to questions from Council regarding the nature of her practice and her plans for present and future development of the property. Nyra Pratt, office manager for the applicant, reported concerning her attempts to find medical office space elsewhere in the neighborhood and in the City. Ms. Pratt advised that she was unable to find any appropri- ate office space anywhere in the City. In response to question, Mr. Schroeter advised that some of the residences in the Sequoia Hospital area occupy property presently zoned for professional offices. He stated that a use permit might be required if the current structures were to be used for offices, but that such use is permissible on the sites, adding that a residence could be razed and a proper medical office building constructed. Ben Moritz, 136 Circle Road, suggested traffic problems would be created if the application is granted and com- mented on the presently inadequate parking at the hospital. Mr. Moritz urged the Planning Commission decision be up- held. +a. Leonard Merta, 2948 Hopkins, spoke in support of the granting of the application, stating that such use would improve a deteriorating neighborhood by cleaning up the area, improve the parking situation with an offstreet lot, increase the taxes on the subject property, and re- duce the need for frequent assistance from the police and -2- Reg.Mtg. 4/28/75