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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, January 11, 2010 Page 17 Councilmember Pust, in attempting to honor the work of the Parks and Recreation Commission and the Master Plan process itself, expressed her preference to wait for approval, rather than actually denying the request, since it may be determined that there will be no retasking identified for Acorn Park and this tower may fit fine. Councilmember Roe noted that the 60-day review period had already been ex- tended by the City. Mr. Trudgeon concurred, noting that any further extension would be at the discretion of the applicant. Mr. Vavoulis, given the options of denial or deferral, advised that he would prefer to offer a waiver of the 60-day extension, provided he was able to reach consen- sus with the management at Clearwire, and if not asked that a decision be made at the January 25, 2010 City Council meeting. Mr. Vavoulis advised that this waiver would be based on attempting to resolve outstanding issues with the parks Master Plan process and potential retasking of Acorn Park; and offered his willingness to continue working with staff on any other alternative locations in the park or in the community. Pust moved, Roe seconded, to table discussion on this topic, based on the appli- cant's approval from his management team for extension and subsequent written waiver of the existing review period deadline. Mayor Klausing clarified that if the applicant did not receive authorization for ex- tension that the City Council would need to take action on this item at their Janu- ary 25, 2010 meeting to meet the extension deadline of February 6, 2010. Councilmember Pust strongly suggested that the Parks and Recreation Commis- sion put their review and recommendation for the Acorn Park Master Plan as a priority in their planning process, to achieve the allotted timeframe. Councilmember Ihlan advised that she could support neither tabling action or ap- proving placement of the tower, opining that such a commercial entity did not be- long in a park; or in a wooded area used by people to get away from other activi- ties; and further opined that based on those policy reasons, it should be easy to deny the request. Mayor Klausing noted that the proposed motion was non-debatable. Roll Call Ayes: Pust; Roe; Johnson. Nays: Ihlan and Klausing. Motion carried.