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Regular C'rty Counc�l Meeting DRAFT Minute� of Mond�y, Ju�e 18, 2007 Page 32 1 some for their performance of the purchase agreement with the seller 2 and preliminary franchise agreement negotiations, with any required 3 environmental issues that may surface handled economically under 4 the applicant's own contingencies between them and the seller; and 5 projected time needed by the applicant to submit their revised traffic 6 study in accordance with the scope requested by staff (estimated at 7 one month), and followed by staf� s and city consultant review of the 8 information. 9 �0 Mr. Livingston reiterated his frustration with the redundancy of the 11 request; staff's lack of timeliness in clarifying the scope of the infor- 12 mation being sought; and additional iime delays being encountered 13 and jeopardizing negotiations. 14 15 Mr. Stark noted, during the discussion, that staff was not simply seek- 16 ing information they could obtain by reviewing the standard manuals 17 themselves, but needed to detennine whethex Cleveland Avenue couid 18 accommodate the projected trips by the applicant's demonsiration to 19 staff that the transportation system, current or proposed, was sufficient 20 to accommodate the proposed project, and related to future develop- 21 ment in the area. Mr. Stark advised that it was standard operating 22 procedure for their traffic consultant to review and present the infor-- 23 mation to sta.ff, and in turn, the City's traffic consultant would cor- 24 roborate the information or make additional commeni and recommen- 25 dation. Mr. Stark fi,irther noted that staff had been offering for some 26 time to sit down with the applicant's traffic engineer, reiterated as a 27 line item within the last 10 days to the applicant, even though that was 28 not something sfaff typically did. 29 30 Addiiiona� discussion included items addressed in the applicant's nar- 31 rative. 32 33 Councilmember Pust opined that it appeared �he applicant had two op- 34 tions: 1) complete the traff c study by August 3, 2007, specifically ad- 35 dressing the right-in/�ight-out according to r�gular standards and in 36 accordance with the scope requested by staff; or 2) voluniarily delay 37 the application until the AUAR update has been completed and rely 38 on that information, understanding that additional traffic studies may 39 need to be completed once the AUAR update is received and ana-