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CITY COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 8, 1994 bill that has to be paid. Payment of this bill is tied to development in that it will take construction of homes and payment of assessments to meet the debt obligation. The only thing that this City Council can do is to be sure that the development is quality construction. Mr. Lyden said that if the City Council is looking at the PDO, he wanted it understood that all criteria in the code books will be followed when the preliminary plat is approved. He asked for assurances that all criteria, word for word, of the PDO will be used not just what one wants to use. Mayor Reinert said he believed that the criteria should be followed and the citizens had the right to expect that this would happen. However, he noted that the Council members are part-time and rely on staff for their input. He asked that the neighbors work with the City Council and understand that they are not trying "short-change or do something crocked". Mr. DeMotts said he felt that the sewer lines that are already there should already be paid. Mayor Reinert explained that the trunk lines along Birch Street must also be paid. Mr. DeMotts said that the trunk lines had nothing to do with the section along 12th Avenue. Mayor Reinert explained that the trunk lines must be paid as well and told Mr. DeMotts that he was not letting "due process" take place. Mayor Reinert explained the process of "fine tuning" a preliminary plat and said that the City Council has not gotten to this point yet. He expressed concern for the wetlands and noted that a PDO does a good job in identifying the high ground where improvement can be placed. Mayor Reinert said that a R -1X zoning may limit the number of homes, however, the PDO would do more to protect sensitive areas. Mr. DeMotts said that he disagreed with this statement. Harvey Sepanen, 6115 Holly Drive told the City Council that he has lived in this City 20 years. He noted that he is not directly affected by the proposed improvement. He perceived that maybe because of errors in judgement, things have evolved where there is plenty of development and streets, such as Ware Road, which are not adequate. Mr. Sepanen said he hoped that future Council's would learn from past incidences and that future development is handled better than the previous ones. Each particular developer feels that he is being "picked on" because new constraints are placed on the next developments. The developer thinks that if he protests and asks for less than now being requested, maybe the Council will listen to his appeal. He appealed to the City Council to carefully look at all of the supporting details such as the streets. His wish is that it would be R -1X in its entirety because this particular parcel will be literally surrounded by open space. It is different because PAGE 8 1 1 r