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�8 <br /> UPS COMMENTS TO FINAL DRAFT OF REPORT • <br /> As you know, UPS has actively followed the work of the <br /> Northwest Small Area Plan Work Group and has attended <br /> and/or participated in several of the Group' s meetings . <br /> UPS has reviewed all of the prior drafts of the Small Area <br /> Plan Report and has previously submitted a "Position <br /> Statement" to the Group (a copy of which is attached) . <br /> As noted in the "Position Statement" our primary goal <br /> is to ensure that our present facility located on Eubanks <br /> Road will be in conformance with whatever zoning <br /> classification is ultimately adopted for our sit . From a <br /> reading of December 20 , 1994 Report draft it appears <br /> this goal may not be realized. <br /> As you know, the Plan recommends that our site be <br /> zoned "Employment Campus" . While this is a new zoning <br /> classification and the Plan does not specifically define <br /> it, the Group' s apparent intent is that this <br /> classification permit only "small scale flex space" and <br /> "office space" . UPS has serious concerns that this would <br /> not accomodate its present facility (which is more <br /> specifically described on the attached) . <br /> UPS would ask the Group to do one of the following: <br /> 1 . if our concerns are misplaced, we would like to <br /> be assured of that . More specifically, we would request <br /> that an affirmative statement to the effect that it is the <br /> Group' s intent that the definition of "Employment Campus" <br /> would accommodate UPS' s current facility be added to the <br /> Report . <br /> 2 . If our concerns are not misplaced, we would <br /> request the Group to reconsider its position on this <br /> point . It does not seem to us to make sense to adopt a <br /> zoning classification when one knows, in advance, that the <br /> present uses will be non-conforming. Further, we believe <br /> that the nature of UPS' s current operations should in any <br /> event be permitted within the definition of "Employment <br /> Campus" . To do otherwise would make this zoning <br /> classification overly restrictive . <br /> In conclusion, UPS would like to reiterate its support <br /> of the Group' s efforts and to thank its members for their <br /> work . However, while we are generally receptive to our <br /> land being rezoned as "Employment Campus" , this is only if <br /> that classification permits our current use . We are <br /> opposed to any rezoning or rezoning recommendations which <br /> would keep us in a non-conforming position <br />