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in October when we last met, before the staff report was prepared when we all had opportunity to comment, <br />after the staff report was prepared, or in January when the staff report was presented to council. Any <br />subsequent forces that might have come to bear were never discussed as part of the task force process, so <br />these changes of opinion should not be allowed to subjugate the task force policy recommendation. <br />Further, the staff report includes a more general policy recommendation that the city not permit a retail <br />business on corners inside the DPP retail zone that wasn't an anchor business with "active" ground floor use. <br />would argue that today a bank doesn't meet the definition of "active" retail and the "inactive" nature of the <br />banking business will only increase. Besides, banks are closed at night, closed on holidays, and have very <br />limited weekend hours, so if we want our downtown core to be a vibrant and inviting place, how can it make <br />sense to put a bank on a key downtown corner. <br />And, speaking of key corners, by definition, being defined as "key" would suggest that these are street corners <br />that are pivotal - have principal value- which means there aren't many of them, so let's don't squander what <br />few opportunities the city has to bring active hard good retail to downtown by allowing a bank on a key <br />corner. <br />Thank you for taking the time to read and consider my comments. <br />Pamela Estes <br />