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Councilmember Riley stated that the Council already approved the plat without the street access <br />and suggesting tabling that discussion. He stated that for planning sake, he believes that the <br />utility extension would make sense and the details should be negotiated between the developers. <br />He noted that the role of the City could be as moderator but that would be it. <br />Mr. Roessler stated that Capstone is before the Council tonight with an amendment to the <br />Preliminary Plat, which will change size of lots to the south and access to the north. He believed <br />that this would be the time to address any changes the Council would like to see to the <br />Preliminary Plat. He stated that a caveat could be added stating that Capstone will work with the <br />City prior to the third phase to provide utility extension stubbed to the west. He did not think <br />two developers should attempt to work out the details and believed that the City should require <br />the extension. <br />Acting Mayor LeTourneau summarized the consensus of the Council for the two developers to <br />work out the details on utility extension. He suggested that the discussion move toward the topic <br />of density transitioning. <br />Councilmember Riley summarized the comments in the staff report and from the City Attorney <br />that the original plat for Capstone was correct using the existing development. <br />Mr. Roessler stated that the Preliminary Plat for Northfork was provide in the 1980s and <br />reiterated in the 1990's. He stated that AKM Farms believes that their Preliminary Plat was in <br />existence and therefore believes that it was short sighted to not consider the density transitioning <br />without buffering between $200,000 homes and $500,000 homes. He stated that they would like <br />some kind of buffering on the 15 to 18 homes that backup to Outlot C. <br />Acting Mayor LeTourneau asked if there is an approved Preliminary Plat for Outlot C. <br />Community Development Director Gladhill stated that there were concepts and Preliminary Plats <br />in the past which are decades old and there is not a valid Preliminary Plat in place. <br />City Attorney Langel stated that the Preliminary Plat is 33 years old and therefore a Preliminary <br />Plat that old is dead. He stated that the property owner would need to conform to current zoning <br />and unless a property owner has been given permission to keep a plat in limbo, it would not be <br />valid after that amount of time. He stated that density transitioning protects an existing <br />residential development, which does not exist to the west as that is vacant land. He stated that it <br />would be hard pressed to describe land that has been vacant for decades as an existing residential <br />neighborhood. He did not therefore see how the requirement for density transitioning would <br />apply. <br />Councilmember Shryock asked how long AKM Farms has owned the property. <br />Mr. Roessler replied about one year. <br />City Council Work Session / June 26, 2018 <br />Page 5 of 8 <br />