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Mayor Gamec stated that he has made comments in the past about not constructing townhomes, but reducing them to six unit town_homes which would allow for mor,e:~een space'?:' and the widening of streets. He explained that the City has had some probl'~::with one ~wnhome=ood plan. development regarding snow removal. Overall he felt that the,.,.,::?~,de~i'6~nt,.? ii!~!~::,,"was a Councilmember Kurak stated that she did not have any problems::with '~e'i~Proposed sen~'~!i~i~:,',-: complex. In regards to the townhomes she would prefer to see s~i~S :rathe~:-~han eight and the streets be widened. The reason she recommended the:m._!.~r stre, e~s~,~s for safety reasons and then if the City is asked to take over the maintenance of.~::!~{reets the ~"treets would be wide~ enough to be maintained by the City's existing equipmegt.?$he does ~:;consider yards as green space and felt that with a PUD the developer should be:'~g more gr~'!Space. She stated that she would be willing to look at different options. :S,:¢~>¢~tioned a d~ei°pment in Sti.llwater called "The Liberty", in wh/ch they have upper scal~t horaCe'.and ,td~r~ke~e"green space they have made more of a group community. She stated that the"{~j~>d area of the development needs to have more green space. '~!:!;::i~i~- Councilmember Anderson stated tha~":'~tie struggles with the idea o~~ ~ets vs. private streets, but she does think that all:~r~ts' ~ho~i~'be ,built to City standa~C~a},?:~he stated that she would like to work with the de"VefaPe~'ion the':'-d'ev~rb~ment and go a~;aa with the EAW. In regards to the townhomes s.,hc~sWanted tomake sure thal~ey:'.d0rr:tt0ok hke army barracks hk some other townhome proje . !,:'::it~ ~ ::i}}:i'd:' Council~ember to an Motion by ¢ounci~mber :endriksen, se~h~d:'i~y Anderson, complete EAW in accordar~e:~th the,options present~.d::~y the City Attorney. Further dis'C%:ion: Co~nci~ember rura~ india:O,d,'as to what an :^W meant. City ^ttorney :oodhCh-'e~plained that on~;':'an :^W is ord~:>the City cam~ot take any mode action on the proposal.. sec%dly they-Win-look at all e:~ii:;nmental conce:ns and make a recommendation whether or ~Ot;~'t~e d'e~'e~op~nt:--~Oa~:~:p'~ooeed as plan~ed based on those enviro~ental concerns. Prin~ipai:Ptanner Trudgeon explained .that the agency will fill out a work sheet and :--6ri~ that is done th'~:Council reviews the document and makes a determination if further review .._-":::::':~---h~eedec~_~and orde;An ':~S":,:--~' ~f no further review is needed then the process stops. Counoilr:em~r r~rak stat::'th: she would prefe~ to work with the developer on scaling down the size of t~developmen~ rather than holding it up. She did not want the development to be stopped becaUSe: she thought that would be bad for the City. She stated that she did not understand wha~:~'~the emergency was to have the EAW completed until it is determined how much density ~i}l be placed on the site. Ms. Kurak did not think that it made sense to stop the --'.'.-.:':--?process wher/:'~h~re is already a petition by the residents to complete the EAW. Mayor Gamec .,. stated that:the:property is going to be developed and will be done soon. When he sees a plan that "~s,r~asonabt~' and the citizens have submitted the EAW petition then he felt that the City should col~fin~e"to work with the developer. Councilmen'tber Anderson inquired if there was an agreement amongst the Council that all streets should be built to City standards. Councilmember -70- City Council/June 26, 2001 Page 16 of 27 I I I I I I I I I I I i I