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Regular City Council Meeting DRAFT Minutes of Monday, June 18, 2007 Page 30 ] the Ci�y take the more conservative approach with it not being appli- 2 cable. 3 4 Additional discussion included potential litigation from this developer 5 and whether they were agreeable to correspond timing of their appli- 6 cation with completion of the AUAR update; with no commitment 7 from the applicant to agree to such provisions, essentially solving the S above-referenced issues. 9 10 Further discussion included contamination of the overall redevelop- 11 ment area, and lack of information on the degree of potential contami- 12 nation on this siie; need for applicant to comply with proto-typical de- 13 signs for the hotel and restaurant users proposed �or the site, and 14 staf� s general and overall acceptance of design issues with minor re- 15 vision; with previous discussions on staffl s preference for massing 16 buildings on C1eveland Avenue and xeducing density toward Langton 17 Lake as advocated in the Twin Lakes Master Plan. 18 19 Councilmember Ihlan expressed frustration that an open call for infer- 20 ested master developers could not be pursued to avoid piecemeal de- 21 velopment a�the area and provide community-based planning. 22 23 Mr. Stark shared Councilmember Ihlan's frustrations with single sit� 24 development in a master plan area; and recognized that the applicant 25 shared that frustration as well. However, Mr_ Stark reiterated staff's 26 analysis and recornmendation that, with enough negatives and un- 27 knowns with this application as pxesented, they were recommending 28 denial. 29 34 Jahn Livingston, Hotel/Restaurant Applicant, 270Q Cleveland 31 Avenue 32 Mr. Livingston read a prepared statement (no copy available}, and a 33 "Narrative in Support of the Rezoning and Concept Planned Unit De- 34 velopment Application," prepared by the applicant, Cen� Venture Inc. 35 and AmWest Development LLC wi�h Mr. Livingston as the contact 36 for property located at 2700 Cleveland Avenue, and dated April 2007 37 and prepared by Midwest Planning & Design LLC, was included as 38 part of ihe staff report dated June 1 S, 2007. 39