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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 22, 2000 Page 9 1 C. Hillcrest (Apache)Project Items: 2 1. Resolution 00-066',,-'i&e Preliminga and Final Development Plans for Apache 3 Plaza property. 4 Mayor Cavanaugh stated this item has been before the Planning Commission and Council 5 since January and the consideration tonight is approval of the development plans and 6 rezoning to a PUD which will allow the community and developer a measure of 7 flexibility. He stated he has received a request from Mr. Shardlow, Mr. Tankenoff, and 8 the community to speak. He invited John Shardlow, DSU, to speak first noting the 9 Council can ask questions during any,of the presentations. 10 Mr. Shardlow presented the latest revisions as detailed in Mr. Gleekel's August 17, 2000 11 letter to the City, revised Exhibits A, B, O and P. He advised the applicant has agreed to 12 upgrade the baseline facade treatment to be Exhibit I which is a higher quality exterior 13 finish than previously agreed to. 14 Scott Tankenoff,managing partner of Hillcrest Development, distributed a letter 15 indicating Liberty's interest in the project. He advised that Liberty has met with City 16 staff to present their company's history and goals. Paul Malone, Liberty Vice President of Planning& Research, introduced himself and Liberty, explaining they offer checks but the larger part of their business is to provide 19 Internet website hosting, Internet banking, and marketing services to credit services. He 20 advised of their current office space,number of employees, and need to expand their 21 corporate offices. He stated they believe.St. Anthony would be a great geographic 22 market in a good employee market. Mr. Malone stated the image they cast to their 23 customers is very important as being professional, capable, and a good value. In that 24 effort, a remodeling of Apache Plaza to reuse existing buildings and not contribute to 25 sprawl is supported by their corporate image. He stated they have been negotiating a 26 lease with Hillcrest since February but cannot sign a lease until the plans are furthered 27 through a PUD process. However, they have drafted a letter of understanding with only 28 two outstanding business issues so he expects, if approved, they will sign a lease within 29 several weeks and take occupancy as soon as possible. 30 Thuesen welcomed Mr. Malone and stated it is important for the Council and community 31 to meet a possible entity for this site. He asked questions of Mr. Malone with regard to 32 the level of quality and aesthetics of tle,-building,where Liberty sees themselves in the 33 future as a long-term tenant at this site, and what happens should the check market fail. 34 Mr. Malone stated it would be important for their building to be viewed as an attractive 35 building and advised that concern was raised by corporate officers that the other users 36 along Silver Lake Road may,detract to their building so they would prefer to have a 37 building that is visually separated from other current uses. He explained that if all the