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Motion by Councilmember Pearson, seconded by Couneilmember Cook, to approve the revised site plan for Alpine Meadows contingent upon compliance with City staff review letter dated August 29, 2003. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Vice Mayor Zimmerman, and Councilmembers Pearson, Cook, Elvig, Kurak, and Strommen. Voting No: None. Case #3: Request for Grading Plan Approval for Town Center Gardens; Case of Brightkeys Development Corporation Assistant Community Development Director Trudgeon stated that Brightkeys Development Corporation has submitted a final grading plan for approval by the City for their Town Center Gardens townhome development. The property is generally located in the northwest comer of C.R. #56 (Ramsey Boulevard) and C.R. #116 (Industry Boulevard). The total development site consists of 51.9 l acres and Brightkeys is proposing to develop a first phase of 152 townhomes on 23.1 2 net acres. The City Council has previously approved the preliminary plat on July 22, 2003 subject to City staff review comments. Brightkeys would like to commence grading prior to approval of the final plat due to the time of year. Staff had reviewed the Grading Plan and found it acceptable subject to the comments contained in the Engineer Comments dated September 4, 2003. The developer has indicated a desire to scale back the number of units for his final plat application. With the absence of that submittal, staff felt that it was appropriate to leave the number of units in the development agreement so that it coincided with the most recent submittal. Upon submittal of the final plat application, the Development Agreement will need to be modified to reflect the changes and resubmitted for City Council approval. Councihnember Elvig inquired if the Council allows the developer to proceed with grading will they be going down a journey that they can't turn back if they find some problems during final plat approval. Assistant Community Development Director Tmdgeon replied that they cannot guarantee the developer that the Council may not require a change that may impact the development. Councihnember Elvig stated that he wanted that issue presented to the developer. Phil Dohmer, Brightkeys, replied that he thought that risk was minimal especially since the Council is to review the final plat on September 23rd. He noted that they did not intend on deviating from the preliminary plat. Councihnember Zimmennan inquired if there was enough capacity in the area of C.R. #116 and C.R. #56 to store service water in the area. Mr. Dohmer replied that they currently have the capacity to handle back to back 100 year storms. City Council/September 9, 2003 Page 7 of 16