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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, Apri121, 2008 Page 5 meetings, that they would not be seeking money for environmental clean up, as the site was clean. Councilmember Ihlan further advised that she was not as concerned with the grant application for McGough as it had received Concept approval from the City Council, and was for an investigation grant; however she expressed concern with the grant application for CSM LLC at the corner of Cleveland and County Road C without first having seen an application for the intended project. Councilmember Ihlan sought assurance that approval of the grant applications did not bind the City to approve projects site unseen; nor committing to a local match for funding, since it was a significant amount of money. Councilmember Ihlan noted that the staff report indicated that the developers would pay for the local match; however, questioned how that would be assured, when no binding contract or financial agreement had been negotiated or was in place yet. Councilmember Ihlan expressed concern that past environmental studies were not made available to the City, and sought assurances that the City would have full access to the investigation and reports, and be included as part of the conditions attached to any approvals. Mayor Klausing opined that it was his understanding that it was not uncommon that plans had yet to be submitted for approval, as specifically indicated in the staff report, as well as the report addressing that the developer had no rights and would still need to go through the process. Community Development Director Patrick Trudgeon noted that application for the grants seemed premature in the process; however, noted that it was similar to the recent Aeon development of the Har Mar Apartment Complex; with a Memo- randum of Understanding (MOU) being drafted with responsibilities clearly iden- tified. Mr. Trudgeon advised that the conditions indicated by Councilmember Ih- lan could be addressed in the MOU (City ownership/access to environmental in- vestigations and study reports; developer payment of the local match) language as negotiated with each applicant during land use approval processes. Mr. Trudgeon noted that the timing was unusual due to the timing of the grant process and at- tempt to capture state funds during this grant cycle. Mr. Trudgeon noted that all applicants had been made aware that applying for grant funds did not provide them with any special considerations for the approval process, and that staff had advised each applicant that their projects would need to be vetted through the normal process. Staff reviewed the application process and review period (4-8 weeks) by granting agencies; additional time period once awards were made of approximately 2-4 weeks to prepare grant agreements, during which time each project should be fur-