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COUNCIL MINUTES JANUARY 14, 2002 submitted to the City for review prior to the effective date of the moratorium. Councilmember Reinert seconded the motion. Councilmember Reinert questioned how many plats this amendment would affect. Community Development Director Grochala stated this would depend upon the proposed cut-off date for plat application submittals. Councilmember O'Donnell indicated his intent was for the cut-off date to be the effective date of the moratorium. He acknowledged this could open the City to receiving more plat applications before the effective date and suggested that this date be discussed and amended if necessary. Mayor Bergeson suggested the cut-off date be the date of adoption of the second reading of the ordinance by the Council. Councilmember Reinert agreed since his intent was to allow o been submitted to be exempted from the moratorium. Councilmember Reinert moved to amend the proposed ame proposed under Section 3E(1) of the ordinance be limited t City prior to adoption of the second reading of the ordin O'Donnell seconded the motion. Councilmember Carlson requested a legal opinio challenges from other parties to this motion. Ci the right to allow the moratorium to apply to He stated providing the Council chooses another, such as the effective date of the would be defensible. ose applications that have already viding that the exemption reliminary plats submitted to the Council. Councilmember ff's opinion on whether there would be ey Hawkins indicated the City Council has hing that has not received preliminary plat approval. oes not specifically benefit one person over of the ordinances as proposed, he believed this Community Development Director - ._ a expressed concern for the developers that this exemption would apply to. He noted ee onsistency in how the City approves or denies plats, indicating that some plats ha =ane ou_ quickly while others have taken as long as one, two or even three years. He was conc ed that the developers that the exemption would apply to would be caught between existing ordinan -s and meeting those requirements, as well as perhaps being forced or requested to meet ordinance requirements the City may or may not have developed. He noted there would be no guarantee that if the plats meet all the current requirements, the City will approve the plats since there are impending changes to some of the requirements. Community Development Director Grochala noted there was a concern regarding the perception of a moratorium and he personally felt if the situation he just proposed happens, which he was nearly certain will happen, the impact on the perception would be much worse than simply moving forward with the moratorium as originally proposed. Councilmember Reinert noted the motion did not guarantee approval of the preliminary plats. Community Development Director Grochala was concerned that the developers would move forward anticipating that their plats will be considered for approval under the current zoning and subdivision 15