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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, June 18, 2007 Page 30 the City take the more conservative approach with it not being appli- cable. Additional discussion included potential litigation from this developer and whether they were agreeable to correspond timing of their appli- cation with completion of the AUAR update; with no commitment from the applicant to agree to such provisions, essentially solving the above-referenced issues. Further discussion included contamination of the overall redevelop- ment area, and lack of information on the degree of potential contami- nation on this site; need for applicant to comply with proto-typical de- signs for the hotel and restaurant users proposed for the site, and staff's general and overall acceptance of design issues with minor re- vision; with previous discussions on staffls preference for massing buildings on Cleveland Avenue and reducing density toward Langton Lake as advocated in the Twin Lakes Master Plan. Councilmember Ihlan expressed frustration that an open call for inter- ested master developers could not be pursued to avoid piecemeal de- velopment of the area and provide community-based planning. Mr. Stark shared Councilmember Ihlan's frustrations with single site development in a master plan area; and recognized that the applicant shared that frustration as well. However, Mr. Stark reiterated staff's analysis and recommendation that, with enough negatives and un- knowns with this application as presented, they were recommending denial. John Livingston, Hotel/Restaurant Applicant, 2700 Cleveland Avenue Mr. Livingston read a prepared statement (no copy available), and. a "Narrative in Support of the Rezoning and Concept Planned Unit De- velopment Application," prepared by the applicant, Cent Venture Inc. and AmWest Development LLC with Mr. Livingston as the contact for property located at 2700 Cleveland Avenue, and dated April 2007 and prepared by Midwest Planning & Design LLC, was included as part of the staff report dated June 18, 2007.