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Mr. Foster stated that the plat should only be for Lot 1. Councihnember Anderson inquired if the Council should wait to take action until an amended plat is received. City Attorney Goodrich replied that the Council does not need to delay action as long as they feel comfortable with staff's ability to administer the plat as amended. Councilmember Hendriksen recommended granting final plat subject to City Attorney approval. Motion by Councilmember Hendriksen, seconded by Councilmember Connolly, to adopt Resolution #00-12-331 granting final plat approval to Holiday Acres contingent upon compliance with City Staff Review Letter dated December 6, 2000 and City Attorney approval as well as entering into a development agreement with the City. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Hendriksen, Connolly, Anderson, and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. Case #6A: Adopt Ordinance to Establish Density Transition Standards for New Residential Development Community Development Director Frolik stated that on November 14, 2000, the City Council introduced an ordinance to establish density transition standards between existing and new residential development. At the time of introduction, the Council requested a work session to review and discuss the details of the ordinance prior to placing the ordinance on a future Council agenda for adoption. At a work session on December 6, 2000, the City Council reviewed the proposed density transition ordinance. The consensus of the City Council was to amend the draft ordinance as follows and place it on the December 12th agenda for consideration: 1. add public parks and trails as possible substitutes for lot tiers or buffer areas; 2. provide examples or definition of "existing topographic features"; 3. remove the language that would except commercial/industrial property rezoning to some degree of residential use from the transitioning standards; 4. add language that will provide adjacent property owners the opportunity to waive the requirement for density transitioning. Councihnember Hendriksen explained that the language was added to give a property owner the right to waive the transitioning requirement based on a hypothetical that was presented that had a property owner that owns five acres and anticipated urban development next to them. With the density transitioning ordinance the neighboring property would be required to develop the land into one acre lots, but if the owner of the five acres was intending on developing his property in the future into an urban development then he could waive the density transitioning requirements. City Council/December 12, 2000 Page 16 of 25