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Pl anni ng & Zo ni n g B o ar d Mar c h 9 , 200 5 Page 6 APPROVED MINUTES Mr. Laden asked if the number of parking on the current plan was reflective of the maximum parking required or the reduced park ing number. Mr. Piet te replied they had an excess of 16 or 17 parking spaces at the present time. He noted when possible, they would convert those to pervious su rface when they had extra parking. Mr. Laden asked if they were in favor of re ducing parking. Mr. Piet te replied they were planning on reducing the parking and they were willing to work with staff on this. Mr. Pogalz asked what was their timeline for securing a flag for the hotel. Mr. Piette replied the proprietary information with respect to the hotel flags would remain proprietary until the rezoning was approved. He noted there were four well known flags that were interested and immediately upon rezoni ng they would have a flag for the hotel. He stated this would be a four story hote l to accommodate an 80 room hotel, which was their target. He stated they were very clos e to almost everything and City staff needed the time to review this. Mr. Hayden asked if they had held any neighbor hood meetings. Mr. Piette replied he had personally distributed small packets to the residents and businesses showing the preliminary plat, narrative, and a brief summary of what they were going to do. He noted they had received only one call. Mr. Hayden asked if they had held a neighbor hood meeting. Mr. Piette replied they had not held a meeting, but they were being proactive by distributing the packets. Vice Chair Tralle asked if the restaurant woul d be a chain restaurant . Mr. Piette replied they were intending to have an upscale, sit-down restaurant with perhaps a lounge. He indicated they would not put in a fast food rest aurant. He stated he was a member of this community and he wanted to have a good deve lopment that the City could be proud of for years to come. Vice Chair Tralle invited anyone for or against this proposal to come forward. Dave Swanson, 501 Lilac, stated his back yard would back up to where the hotel would be. He indicated he was in favor of the de velopment and noted he was going to sell his property, but asked that everythi ng be tied together if his prop erty sold. He noted this would be an advantage to the City to have this as one development. He indicated he wanted to leave more options open for them when his land sold. He asked them to consider the building of a road access for the future so his land is not landlocked. Mr. Nelson asked if he had any contact with the developer. Mr. Swanson stated he had spoken with them, but he had not met with them. He noted they knew his land was for sale. Mr. Piette stated in speaking with City staff it was in fact discussed that perhaps at some point in the future there would perhaps be a need for Mr. Swanson’s lot. However, currently those lots were gui ded in the Comprehensive Plan for industrial use.