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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 17,2017 Page 25 tractive business park with a lot of thought having gone into it, Councilmember McGehee also noted some unique items in the existing PUD (e.g. Items 37 and 39) showed a nice partnership between the city and community that should make it easier and require less interpretation by staff without throwing out the PUD. Councilmember Etten agreed that he found many parts of the PUD favorable as well, but also noted that most of the site had been built out and while he appreci- ated Councilmember McGehee's sentiment, opined that the items from the PUD that she referenced were no longer relevant in moving forward. However, Coun- cilmember Etten agreed with Councilmember Willmus that he wasn't ready to move forward without something in place before canceling the existing PUD in this important economic zone and high visibility strip that he would like to pre- serve in the community. As a general practice, Mayor Roe agreed that it made sense that PUDs designed to create a development would at some point reach the end of their useful life, for which this may prove a candidate. Recognizing some aspects of the PUD agree- ment that were now accounted for in the current zoning code, Mayor Roe noted that this resulted in a lack of complexity for properties and ease of staff interpreta- tion and enforcement. Mayor Roe agreed that once development is done, the PUD can be re-examined with the expectations that current zoning code standards would now address those things that formerly were addressed under PUD's for new developments. While being open to canceling the existing PUD Agreement, Mayor Roe agreed that he wasn't sure now was the time to do so, but also philo- sophically agreed that the more PUD's in place the harder an area would be to re- develop. Councilmember Willmus noted the requested action tonight was to provide direc- tion to staff. Public Comment Timothy Callaghan, 3062 Shorewood Lane While speaking in support of this development and how it currently functions, Mr. Callaghan expressed concern with its future and the University of Northwestern taking over the Veritas building that he didn't support nor did he think should be allowed as a use. Since this development was built using TIF monies, Mr. Calla- ghan asked the value in giving up $600,000 annually that was represented by Ver- itas in tax proceeds to a tax-exempt use. Mr. Callaghan disagreed with staff's his- tory of the site, opining that the development was started in 1986 but took a con- siderable time to accomplish with considerable tax money spent on it that he wasn't interested in loosing at this point. Mr. Callaghan opined that the city al- ready had a problem with taxes continuing to rise creating a need to be careful on future property re-designation. Mr. Callaghan stated that this should not be turned into Institutional use or used as a campus and should remain on the tax rolls.