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<br />City Council Study Session - 06/21/04 <br />Minutes - Page 8 <br /> <br />refinements required). Mr. Shardlow noted that on July 12, <br />2004, the Advisory Panel, Planning Commission and staff <br />would meet for a fast-paced, information-filled summary of <br />the entire process to-date. Mr. Shardlow concluded by <br />summarizing the express purpose of the process and the <br />Panel to engage the group of citizen/community <br />representatives in bringing information to the Development <br />Team so the Team was fully informed of the input as they <br />put their process together. Mr. Shardlow noted that the <br />process had worked well with good exchanges between the <br />Panel and the Development Team, and had reached <br />consensus on a number of issues, with other key issues <br />clearly identified, but with no real current consensus at this <br />time. <br /> <br />Councilmember Ihlan noted, for background purposes, that <br />she had been following the process and panel discussions, <br />and expressed concern about several issues. <br />1) Her opinion that the four proposals presented at <br />the end of the process were similar to those <br />originally proposed, and their inclusion of a large <br />scale retailer (i.e., Costco); and <br />2) Why no other alternatives or types of retail <br />development were considered given lack of <br />consensus that a "big box" retailer was essential for <br />project's economics. <br />Councilmember Ihlan concluded by asking what had been <br />gained by the process if the same proposals were put <br />forward as had originally been presented. <br /> <br />Mr. Shardlow responded to Councilmember Ihlan's <br />concerns that, at the July 12, 2004 meeting, it was proposed <br />to present the proposed retail component in more detail; <br />noting that portion of the project was substantially different <br />and smaller than originally proposed. Mr. Shardlow noted <br />that the retailer would be 100,000 square feet less than <br />originally proposed, would see a reduction in over half of <br />the total traffic trips per day; and that the overall comments <br />of the Panel had been more positive than negative for this <br />aspect of the development. Mr. Shardlow further noted that <br />the development team needed to bring forth a plan that was <br />