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Pl anni ng & Zo ni n g B o ar d A p r il 13 , 200 5 Page 10 APPROVED MINUTES Mr. Laden stated he did not like this wording and as plan ning members he wanted the opportunity to review the elevations. Mr. Piette stated the whole idea was that it was impossible to do this process half way and he believed this would delay the devel opment and he encourag ed the Board to let them work with the staff on this and not have it come back to the P&Z Board and Council. Mr. Laden stated if these were nice building, it would only take a short time to review and approve it. Mr. Piette stated he woul d agree with whatever the P&Z Board required, but noted this could delay the de velopment of the site. He re iterated they would meet all of the design standards required whether th e Board reviewed each building or not. He noted they had taken into consideration ever ything that had and will go on within the City and wanted to work with the City to make this a nice development. Mr. Piette stated he would be willing to have one or more Board members be on a committee with staff to work with them on the development as a compromise. Vice Chair Tralle asked if Mr. Laden would be willing to be on this committee. Mr. Laden stated he would but strongly recomm ended there be two or three members. Vice Chair Tralle asked if the Board would re view it or should City staff. Mr. Hyden replied at some point the Board needed to le t go and trust City staff will make the right decisions. Mr. Laden asked did staff have the authority to reject the development if it met all of the standards, but it was an “ugl y” building. Mr. Bengtson replied if it did not meet the design standards, it could be denied for not meeting those requirements in which case the applicant could go throu gh an appeal process. Mr. Laden stated even if it met the minimum st andards, it could not be denied by staff. Mr. Bengtson replied that was correct and if it was not in the standards, they could not enforce something that was not written. Mr. Laden stated he would be open to going either way, either as a Board or as a committee. Vice Chair Tralle noted a comm ittee would not have any more authority than staff. Mr. Laden hoped the developer would be open to suggestions and was willing to work with the City. Mr. Laden suggested this would come before the P&Z Board, but not before City Council and this be done within the timeframe. Vice Chair Tralle noted there have been buildin gs in the City that have been approved by staff and they were beautiful buildings and asked why this development was different. He indicated he did not believe staff would allow an “ugly” building.