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Dave McClung
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Ed Werner
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in which to live, work, and play.
CALL TO ORDER
AGENDA ITEMS
1.A.E Street Flats Project Discussion
Patrick Klaers, City Administrator
Documents:MEMO.PDF,ATTACHMENT A.PDF
AGENDA ITEM
MEMORANDUM
DATE: August 12, 2013
TO:Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Patrick Klaers, City Administrator
SUBJECT: e street flats
Background/Discussion
The e street flats redevelopment project continues to make progress and move forward.
Staff met with the project developers Rob Davidson and Stuart Nolan on Monday,
August 5, 2013, to discuss the overall project status. The main discussion item was
related to the City issuing a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (CO) so the tenants can
move in prior to the start of school in later August.
Attached is a letter from Mr. Davidson which outlines the current status of the project and
his request for a certificate of occupancy.
At the meeting on Monday with the Developers, our position was that staff could not
approve occupancy without all of the Developer Agreement requirements being met
which included landscaping and the final lift of blacktop. (Building Official Dave
Scherbel is on PTO this week and was not available for this meeting.) After this Monday
meeting, I have had an opportunity to review the situation and issues further with staff,
the City Attorney, and the Mayor, and I believe that an agreement can be reached that
will address the concerns of both parties. It should be noted that per the 2006
certificate of occupancy before the completion of the entire work covered by the permit,
provided that such po
Staff recommendation is:
The Building Official can issue s provided
that all health and safety concerns are addressed and that no additional permits are
issued until 100% of the Developer Agreement requirements are completed; and
ll past due land use and legal bills for
this development project are paid in full and an escrow deposit for future City
land use and legal expenses related to this project in the amount of $3,000 is
submitted.
student housing in the long term.
Attachment
Attachment A: The Davidson Companies, Inc. Letter
Attachment A