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Regular city Council Meeting Monday,July 22, 2019 Page 9 Community Development Director Janice Gundlach explained the Council can place an end date the Council deems to be appropriate. The Council could do an end date of September/October to try to get the project through the beginning phase and if there are not any complaints, that would be a good indication that the applicant could re-file. She would not worry about the cost in this particular situa- tion because the applicant can bear the cost to go through the process again. An- other point to note, is that Ryan Companies is a good contractor so if after the Council grants the variance and there are complaints, staff would engage with the contractor to try to figure out what the complaints are to see if there is a remedy outside of the variance process. Councilmember Groff asked if staff or Ryan Companies be willing to work with the hotels if there was an issue with that because that is his concern. Ms. Gundlach indicated staff would be willing to do that. If the variance is grant- ed all the way to July 2020, she did not know that the City would have a legal remedy to force Ryan Companies to stop, which is why the Council might want to go back to maybe a trial period of four months. If there are no complaints, then Ryan Companies can re-apply. Ms. Gundlach noted the Council has the option of waiving the fee but would not necessarily do that and Ryan Companies would need to cover the cost to prepare the staff report, do the public hearing, and notify the neighbors. Mayor Roe thought another option the Council has would be to adjust the hours that are being proposed if approved. Ms. Gundlach indicated that was correct. Councilmember Groff noted he was leaning towards some type of shorter period, such as four months, to see what happens and he would probably leave the time the same as recommended now but could change it if there are complaints as well. Councilmember Etten thought by four months the noisy part of the project would be done and is a moot point. He suggested either a shorter trial period or shorten the hours. Mayor Roe thought the challenge the City always has is if the applicant is making a bunch of noise on a Saturday morning and then during the rest of the period there is no noise made, where the City would be at in terms of dealing with en- forcement. Councilmember Groff asked if staff talks to the hotels to let them know about the extended hours.