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Thc City needs to ~nalce accommodt~tions in that and staff is supportive in that. Architecture and buffering will be ad(lrcssed with the site plan. Councilmcmbc~' Kt~mk inquired wh,~ is responsible for the gateway landscape feature. Mi'. McI)onald replied Ramscy Tox/n Center xvill be developing this portion of the landscaping. Deeding it back to [he City has beer, considered because it is more symbolic of the City. Counci hncmbcr Kin'ak questioned ii' thi s xvould be part of the landscaping and park plan of Town Center, I,L(~ il' it is dedicated back t~> lhe City. Assistant Public Works Director el;on replied it is not part of the landscaping plan submitted as o1' yesterday, t lc would say it would be the responsibility of the developer that is constructing this comer to build it. l-lc would be okay with the City taking it back and maintaining it, but it is not included in thc landscaping pla~ that has been submitted by Ramsey Town Center, LLC. Counci Imcmbcr K[~rak questioned l-~ow this xvill be addressed. Assistant Public Wot'ks Director Olt;on replied it is not part of the financing package, nor part of thc landscaping pl::m that has been s~bnfittcd. Making the pond an aesthetic feature is not part of thc plan cithct', although that has t)ec~-t a major point of discussion through this process. His intention is thai it would be ccrtai~ that this issue is resolved between Ramsey Town Center, LLC and Shingobcc Builders prior to proposing a secondary development agreement. Mayor Gamcc commented thrzre arc delails to work out, m~d the real key is the concept and the idea. lie likes thc way the gas sta~io~n is arranged and putting in stipulations so there is not a f'rcestandi~g slatio~ at another Iocati cia. Cotmcilmcmbc~' Cool< noted Rams~:y 'Fown Center, LLC is doing the preliminary grading so everything works on the whole site. They started over by the Pact School and are working their way across. To deal with that, the [eticr of credit keeps moving so they can do another phase. There is now a dc,.~'elopnncm comir~g in on the east segment. They cannot get the whole thing graded so thc whole master develolm-~cnt works together. This is a concern if they are going to keep doing this in phases, as they wi 11 not be able to have everything graded properly when issues like th is come up. ~l'h%, need/o ree,.'a/u ate the way they are handling this letter of credit. Assistant Public Works Director Ol:;on replied that is why the surety is in place, so it can correct any preliminary grading thai, has oc~:un'ed and pending that may need to be made, as well as the infl'astruciuro that needs to bc pui in place to accommodate these facilities. That is what protected thc ('ity From having to l,ay For all these improvements. He agrees that needs to be discussed relatively soon. C'ouncilmcmbcr El rig stated thc str~:etscape plan is wonderful and asked if there have been any changes to thc plan, City Cotlncil/May 11, 2004 Page 21 of 36