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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes 03 January 27, 2004 Page 3 1 2 Mr. Cobourn continued his friend claimed an offer was made to take over the Apache Plaza 3 building as it stood with the intent to "fix it up." He indicated it was said the offer was given:to 4 the Planning Commission,which voted 7 to 0 to accept the offer. He asked if his information 5 was correct. 6 7 Councilmember Thuesen stated he believed Mr. Cobourn was referring to a proposal from 8 another individual to redevelop the Apache Plaza area and it was noted late in the proposal that 9 Liberty Printing/Checks would be a tenant. He indicated he believed Mr. Cobourn was correct 10 that the entire proposal, which was more involved than time allowed to explain,went before the 11 Planning Commission. He added three of the five current Council members did vote on that 12 proposal. 13 14 Mr. Cobourn asked regarding the vote of the Planning Commission. Councilmember Thuesen 15 responded the Planning Commission was advisory only. He added sometimes elected officials 16 do take the advice of a Commission and, at times, they might look at issues differently. 17 18 Mr. Cobourn stated an appeal had been made for residents to become involved. He noted the 19 members of the Planning Commission were very conscientious regarding their responsibilities; 20 However, it appeared they were ignored. Councilmember Thuesen responded that was not tree, 21 as disagreeing with the Commission's decision was not ignoring the Commission. 22 23 IV. CONSENT AGENDA. 24 A. Approve January 6, 2004, regular Council meeting minutes. 25 B. Consider licenses and permits. 26 C. Consider payment of claims. 27 D. Ordinance 2004-001,re: Amend building code section of ordinance and building fee 28 charges (2"d reading). 29 30 Motion by Councilmember Thuesen, seconded by Councilmember Stille, to approve the Consent 31 Agenda items. 32 33 Motion carried unanimously. 34 35 V. PUBLIC HEARINGS. 36 A. Vacation of street right-of-way easement(39th Avenue NE), including consideration to 37 approve Resolution 04-017. 38 City Attorney Jerry Gilligan noted Council would be holding a public hearing on the vacation of 39 a portion of 39th Avenue NE, as dedicated in the plat of Apache Plaza. He explained the right of 40 way for 39'Avenue NE in the development area would be relocated slightly and rededicated in 41 the plat of Silver Lake Village in connection with the commercial development occurring during 42 the redevelopment of Apache Plaza. 43 44 Mr. Gilligan stated he prepared a resolution vacating a portion of 39'Avenue NE to be relocated 45 and recommended Council adopt Resolution 04-017 with the condition that it should not be filed