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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION JANUARY 9, 2002 adjusted to go faster. The Council will have to have special meetings to work out any problems with the ordinance changes. Councilmember Reinert stated he wished the process would have been structured to accomplish the things necessary to protect the City. Once that was done, the moratorium could have been lifted and the Task Force could have continued to work on the new ordinances. Community Development Director Grochala advised the second reading of Ordinance 23 — 01, Moratorium on New Residential Development will be on the regular agenda Monday, January 14, 2002. Mr. Matthew Weiland, developer, came forward and stated he h. een .ing with Mr. Andy Cardinal for over a year on developing his property. A lot s already been done and a preliminary plat will be submitted on Monday. . e'• ants to be able to move forward with the plan even though the moratoria effect. Community Development Director Grochala stated the op '' evelopment needs MUSA and a rezoning would be necessary. The ha .. MUSA at this time to allocate even without the moratorium. Plans will npted or reviewed during the moratorium period because staff will not kno, act design standards. Developers would end up spending a lot of time and mo y on r .sions until the exact standards are known. Even if the plan is submitted on o the ~ is not time for it to go through the process before the effective date o Mayor Bergeson advised the City . . h any MUSA to allocate and cannot allocate any MUSA until the M polit. ouncil approves the Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Weiland stated he wo it the plat based on the current ordinances and continue to work with st Community D does not have. Grochala stated the City can not commit to MUSA it e City is trying to avoid. City Administrator ite Smith noted this type of situation may also put the Council in the situation of givineferential treatment to certain developers. Mayor Bergeson stated the City does not have any MUSA and the mechanism to allocate MUSA won't be in place for quite some time. The City needs to formulate an official response to these type of requests. He advised Mr. Weiland to stay in contact with City Staff. Mr. Peter Coyle, attorney for Mr. Gary Uhde, came forward and stated they are concerned because they have a staged development that has been in process since 1992. The lots are already sold based on the old ordinances and a significant investment has already been