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City Council Special Meeting Minutes November 29, 1994 Page 6 • 1 Doug Jones, St. Anthony resident, commented that the resolution noted that testimony 2 had been presented at the Planning Commission meeting of November 15th and also at 3 the City Council meeting of November 22nd. He felt that the information being 4 presented at those meetings did not pertain to the proposed drainage plan but to the 5 primary development of the project. He stated that he had not had an opportunity to 6 present his objections to the storm drainage proposal. 7 8 Ranallo stated that there was opportunity at the Planning Commission meeting. The 9 drainage proposal was the last item on the agenda and was open to public discussion at 10 that time. 11 12 City Manager reported that no public hearing was required for the Apache Plaza 13 drainage plan but that the public had an opportunity to speak for or against it at the 14 aforementioned Planning Commission and City Council meetings. He advised that there 15 were minutes that reflected this. 16 17 Jones stated that he had not had time to prepare. He again stated that he had not had 18 an opportunity to present his objections to the proposed drainage plan. 19 20 Councilmember Fleming stated that Silver Lake will be cleaner with the proposed 21 project. She reported of her attendance at both of the aforementioned meetings and 22 stated that there was opportunity for the public to speak at both. 23 24 Bob Johnson, 28 year St. Anthony resident, thanked the Mayor for trying to resolve this 25 issue. He stated that he was a member of the Committee formed by the Silver Lake 26 Homeowners Association and that the entire Association would like to see the project go 27 forward. Their only concern is that they want a clean lake. 28 29 Charles Finn, 2709 Silver Lane, objected to the stated amount of net floor space as 30 presented in the resolution. The resolution states a net floor space of 40,800 square feet. 31 Finn stated that if Knox Lumber is included in the calculations, the net floor space would 32 be 205,000 square feet and would make an EAW mandatory. He stated that after 33 construction is completed Apache will be increased by 70% rather that the less than 50% 34 as stated in the resolution. . He stated that the roof run-off and 70% of the parking lot 35 are still not being addressed in the drainage plan. He also stated that further projects 36 are a possibility and have even been discussed at prior meetings. 37 38 Jim McNulty thanked the city for their efforts at making this project a success. He feels 39 that without this project St. Anthony will have nothing. He believes that the project will 40 really help Silver Lake. He stated that he thinks that some people really don't care 41 about the quality of the lake, they only want to stop the project. 42 43 Ranallo stated that the city has been working on the Apache Plaza project for three 44 years now. When the project was started, the city was working under the regulations 45 which were in place at that time. He stated that without Apache Plaza, there would be