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COUNCIL MINUTES APRIL 12, 2004 APPROVED 1 Councilmember Dahl stated the Comprehensive Plan is supposed to be reviewed annually, and it • 2 hasn't been done, and she would like someone from staff to follow up on that. 3 4 Councilmember Dahl requested Mr. Uhde to address the Council. 5 6 Mr. Uhde addressed the Council, stating that they had been very proactive in trying to get an end to 7 this because they couldn't leave the letters of credit in place forever, so they were trying to get a 8 number that made sense. He stated there had been a traffic study, and the number of $7,000 or $8,000 9 was come up with for the increase in traffic caused by their development. He stated the original offer 10 was $14,000 or $15,000. He stated he had wanted to get the letter of credit released, so he had made 11 the offer of $25,500 and would have written a check that day, but he was asked not to, and he was 12 told there needed to be further research. He stated that in any event, he is willing to stand by that 13 offer today and would have the check to them tomorrow. 14 15 Councilmember Carlson stated she wanted to be sure that there are not any safety issues with the 16 airplanes from the people that would be landing and taking off with the planes, and she wanted to 17 hear from someone from the Air Park. 18 19 Mr. Dave Hunter, President of the Air Park Association, addressed the Council, saying that they were 20 comfortable with the redefinition of the restrictions in terms of heights of buildings. 21 22 Councilmember Carlson stated she is going to abstain from voting on the issue because of lack of 23 information that she had requested prior to the work session. 24 25 City Planner Smyser stated the developer would like approval so that he can start selling the lots and 26 building them. 27 28 City Attorney Sullivan stated there is a limit to the amount of dedications a city can require or extract 29 from developers. He stated that many cities have ordinances saying 10 percent or some flat fee. He 30 stated that it is supposed to be a proportionate amount. He stated he assumes when this was done a 31 year ago, that the city, staff, and Mr. Hawkins determined that this was a proportionate amount. 32 Councilmember Dahl asked if there were figures on how much the trails are going to cost to 33 construct. She also asked if they were going to be paved. 34 35 City Planner Smyser indicated that some of the trails are eight -foot asphalt and some are five-foot 36 sidewalks. 37 38 Councilmember Dahl stated there would be no money to put playground equipment on the park. 39 40 Councilmember Reinert stated that with 300 or 400 children that would be living there, they are going 41 to need a park. He stated it's either dollars or land, and in this case it's land. He stated there have 42 been many cases where they've gotten land and had to figure out later how to build the park. He 43 stated he was confused on what the issue is here. 44 45 City Planner Smyser told the Council that one of the problems the City has had historically is they've 46 been getting park land, but haven't had money to develop the park. He stated that most communities 47 don't get enough from developers for all of that and actually do use general fund monies or other 48 sources to augment what they get as park dedication from developers. City Planner Smyser reiterated 8