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-170- Councilmember Hendriksen inquired if the development complies with the Charter Amendment or not. · - City Attorndy Goodrich stated that there needs to be some finding as to how the Charter implications were addressed in the development. Councilmember Hendriksen inquired as to how the Council can justify saying that one developer has to follow the Charter and the other does not. City Attorney'Goodrich replied that the CounciI will be subjecting themselves to criticism if they do not follow the Charter. Mayor Gamec suggested staff draft £mdings addressing the Charter issues. community Development Director Frolik noted that the City would have to invoke the 60 day extension. City. Attorney Goodrich stated, that the Plann/ng Commission Chairman who has been involved with the Charter did approve the preliminary plat and suggested talking to him as to why he felt the plat was acceptable.. Community Development Director Frolik replied that the approval may have to do with the proposed Density Transition Ordinance because the ordinance was going to grandfather all property that was already zoned multi-family residential prior to its adoption. City Attorney Goodriah recommended that the plat be sent back to the Planning Commission since the Density Transition Ordinance was not adopted. Councilmember ~knders~n stated that .the alternative to the proposed development would be single family homes around the perimeter of the property and an apartment building in the center. Motion by Councilmember Henddksen, seconded by Councilmember Zimmerman, to invoke the 60 day extension to comply with the zoning requirements and flush out traffic generation analysis with the deficiencies and return to the Planning Commission with the notation that the density transition ordinance has failed and.request that they make a recommendation based on that'fact and adding to the plat the extension of Cobalt Street to 153rd Avenue and combining Outlot A'with the Rademacher property. Further discuss;,.on: Councilmember Anderson noted that this is a situation where the Density Transition Ordinance is not feasible. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Hendriksen, Zimmerman, Anderson, and Kurak. Voting No: None. City Council/January 9, 2001 Page 25 of 35 I I ! i I I I I I. '1 I I I I. I I