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Attachment A ЋЌЉ Mr. Vogel clarified that his firm did need financing to move forward with their project, and made the City ЋЌЊ Council aware of new information received earlier today from the Small Business Administration (SBA), ЋЌЋ that they would accept a twenty year Interim Use permit for funding. ЋЌЌ Mayor Roe suggested Mr. Vogel provide that information to staff for their review. ЋЌЍ Kathleen Erickson, 1790 Centennial Drive ЋЌЎ While appreciating the financial situation of Vogel Sheetmetal, Ms. Erickson opined that such was the ЋЌЏ nature of doing business, for research and due diligence to know what they were facing. Ms. Erickson ЋЌА expressed concern with a twenty-year Interim Use permit that provided a blanket continuation, asking the ЋЌБ neighbors to support that without any knowledge of the Vogel operations or their firm, but to simply trust ЋЌВ that they’ll be a good neighbor. However, without check-backs or ways to ensure compliance, Ms. Erickson ЋЍЉ noted past experience in the neighborhood with a previous business that applied for a building permit ЋЍЊ without waiting for its approval and proceeded with their improvements. Ms. Erickson noted that this ЋЍЋ significantly impacted the lives of the residential neighborhood, and sought protection in case the intent ЋЍЌ didn’t live up to expectations, allowing some avenue to address those issues. ЋЍЍ Mayor Roe clarified that any extension of the current five year Interim Use would come before the City ЋЍЎ Council and allow for public comment at that time. ЋЍЏ Since the Vogel financing is now on the table with the SBA and can be discussed by the neighborhood ЋЍА group, Councilmember McGehee suggested the twenty-year option be discussed as a viable option for ЋЍБ consideration and for the neighborhood to think about. As part of that discussion, Councilmember ЋЍВ McGehee suggested the neighbors identify what additional protections they would require, in particular ЋЎЉ those properties immediately abutting Vogel; and any other conditions that would make them feel better as ЋЎЊ options. Councilmember McGehee opined that the City Council would be prepared to act favorably to ЋЎЋ address concerns of the neighbors, if agreeable with staff and the business owners. ЋЎЌ Ms. Erickson asked the ramifications if the permit was a Conditional versus Interim Use. ЋЎЍ For the benefit of Ms. Erickson and members of the audience, Mayor Roe clarified that the current permit ЋЎЎ was an Interim Use with conditions, and for a term of five years, with optional renewal. ЋЎЏ Lisa McCormick ЋЎА Ms. McCormick noted that the SBA information provided by Mr. Vogel was new to the neighborhood; and ЋЎБ questioned the City Council’s next steps in light of that new information. ЋЎВ Mr. Bilotta reviewed various options if Vogel chose to move down the twenty year Interim Use permit ЋЏЉ process: ЋЏЊ 1)Change City Code through a text amendment to allow that to occur, which would require public notice, ЋЏЋ a formal public hearing at the Planning Commission, and their subsequent recommendation to the City ЋЏЌ Council. If once adopted, that longer-term Interim use permit would become law per City Code. ЋЏЍ At the request of Mayor Roe, Mr. Paschke confirmed that the text amendment regarding interim use ЋЏЎ lengths could be heard at the next Planning Commission meeting, scheduled for October 8, 2014, ЋЏЏ provided direction was received to allow for publication and mailing of notice by week-end. ЋЏА Mr. Bilotta advised that if Vogel proceeded with that process, staff would need to think through ЋЏБ additional conditions that may be different in the long-term than those currently applied to mitigate ЋЏВ neighborhood concerns for that additional fifteen year period. ЋАЉ 2)Specific to regulatory planning along Terrace Drive, both the north and south sides, with the extension ЋАЊ west of Fairview to pick up the Sherman property and properties north of that, Mr. Bilotta reviewed the ЋАЋ process for those properties, suggesting staff meet with the public, property owners, business owners, ЋАЌ and any other interested parties to receive public input. Mr. Bilotta suggested this occur over the next ЋАЍ three weeks depending on holiday schedules, intended as listening sessions for the purpose of hearing ЋАЎ public comment. Following those meetings, Mr. Bilotta suggested a regulating plan could be developed