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P46 <br /> <br />5) <br /> <br />6) <br /> <br />City Council Joint Meetings <br />Principal Planner Trudgeon stated that staff was recommending that the City Council <br />hold a couple of joint meetings in February 2003 to discuss Town Center matters. One <br />should be a joint meeting with the Town Center Task Force. The purpose of this meeting <br />would be to review the information gathered bythe Task Force in more detail and discuss <br />the role of the Task Force as the Town Center begins' development. A second joint <br />meeting should be held betWeen the City Council and the developer, Ramsey Town <br />Center, LLC. At this meeting, the City Council could raise issues and have questions <br />answered by the developer, as well as, receive an update from Ramsey Town Center LLC <br />on their design of the Town Center. <br /> <br />Consensus of the City Council was to schedule joint meetings with the Town Center Task <br />Force and Ramsey Town Center LLC on February 4th and February 18th. <br /> <br />Town Ceuter Alternative Urbanwide Area Review (AUAR) Environmental Review <br />Principal Planner Trudgeon stated that the 'Town Center is of such a scale that a <br />tremendous amount of environmental review will need to be completed before any <br />construction can begin. Ramsey Town Center LLC has contracted with EOR Inc. to start <br />providing information needed for the environmental review. The developer has requested <br />that the City initiate environmental review at the January 14, 2003 City Council meeting. <br />As part of the initiation of the AUAR, a concept plan needs to be submitted. As the City <br />Council may know, this plan is only used as a baseline for the environmental analysis. It <br />should be noted that the initiation of the AUAR does not bind the Council to any specific <br />design or plan. Representatives from the developer's team will be at the Council <br />meeting to discuss the AUAR process more specifically and answer any questions that <br />Council may have. As part of the AUAR process, the City will need to hire a consulting <br />firm, at the developer's cost, to review the technical information provided by EOR. This <br />is important as ultimately the final document and mitigation plan that is produced is a <br />City document that we will need to live by and defend in the future. <br /> <br />Councilmember Elvig inquired if the AUAR commits the City to anything if the <br />developer uses the plan that was submitted for the AUAR. <br /> <br />Principal Planner Trudgeon explained that if the final plan is changed dramatically the <br />AUAR would have to be redone. <br /> <br />Councilmember Kurak noted that the AUAR will be paid for bY the developer. <br /> <br />Principal Planner Trudgeon verified that Was correct. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec inquired if the general concept plan was acceptable to the COuncil. <br /> <br />COuncilmember Elvig replied that the concept plan is very similar to what they approved <br />in the "bubble plan". <br /> <br />City Council/January 14,2003 <br /> Page 20 of 27 <br /> <br /> ! <br /> i <br /> I <br />! <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br />I <br />I <br /> I <br />I' <br />I <br />I <br />! <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />