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<br />City Council Regular Meeting -12/04/06 <br />Minutes - Page 19 <br /> <br />Business Park for a potential field office for the Federal Bureau of <br />Investigation (FBI). Mr. Stark noted that completion of the <br />AUAR Update would a factor in their site selection process, <br />anticipated to be completed by February of2007. <br /> <br />Councilmember Pust questioned whether it would be most <br />prudent for the City to complete the update by February, or simply <br />have made the commitment to complete the update. <br /> <br />Mr. Stark opined that, while not a defining criteria for their <br />selection of a site, when the GSA was doing their analysis, having <br />the AUAR Update completed would be one more thing in the <br />City's favor. Mr. Stark clarified that there was currently no <br />application from the GSA that had been submitted to staff. <br /> <br />Discussion included advantages of the third scenario in the AUAR <br />Update; cost allocations to future developments of the AUAR <br />Update; differentials, advantages and disadvantages, as well as <br />cost assignments for Environmental Assessment Worksheets <br />(EA W's) and Environmental Impact Studies (ElS's); and <br />provisions of the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) in <br />prorating costs to developers for AUAR's and included in <br />development agreement language. <br /> <br />Further discussion included parcel-by-parcel versus systematic <br />and broad level environmental analysis, and levels of analyses; <br />City Attorney Anderson's clarification as to the detail contained <br />in each analysis document; and benefit of each option. <br /> <br />Councilmember Ihlan expressed her surprise in seeing the item <br />back on the agenda, after it was tabled at last week's meeting; and <br />questioned the rationale for a systematic AUAR, with no plans on <br />the table at this time; and no opportunity as yet to hear from <br />attorneys regarding contract termination and condemnation status <br />and options. Councilmember Ihlan noted the Council's motion <br />authorizing hiring independent environmental counsel; the affect <br />of precluding other development scenarios; and potential findings <br />related to traffic sustainability and water quality impacts for that <br />neighborhood. Councilmember Ihlan further addressed the <br />expenses for the Update to-date over and above what was <br />authorized by the City Council. Councilmember Ihlan advocated <br />