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Board of Adjustment Meeting Minutes November 16, 2016 Page 9 of 12 Zuccaro says we can ask the applicant if they wish to designate the engineer. You could delegate it to Staff to verify that it is appropriately signed and stamped. DeJong says we have been told that Patrick Horn is the engineer responsible although the document lists Andre Schlappe as the principal-in-charge. We have a professional engineer presenting tonight making the presentation, but we don't know which one is the responsible party. Can we add this as another contingency? The document itself is signed by Davis Partnership Architects, Julie Eck, ALSA. Joseph Lear, Davis Partnership Architects, speaks. I am here representing Tritower Financial Group, LLC. We are the owner of the property who has been retained to come up with development options you are seeing today. We are the architecture and landscape firm working on those portions for the development. We are working in conjunction with Martin/Martin for civil engineering and floodplain analysis. Julie Eck is the head of the landscaping department and she heads up much of our entitlement efforts. She has submitted her signature. ALSA stands for American Society of Landscape Architects. She was unable to attend tonight due to sickness. DeJong says is Davis Partnership Architects the general contractor? Lear says we are the architect design firm. We are not a contracting firm. We do the architectural design, interior design, and landscape firm. We work with consultants on the structural side and civil engineering side. DeJong says is it fair to say that Davis Partnership Architects has reviewed and accepted all of the data and conclusions identified within this report as presented and takes it upon themselves as if Davis Partnerships has issued this report themselves. Lear says yes, they are our consultants and under our contract. Campbell says Zuccaro said the finished floor elevation would be 5456.1' and the base flood elevation is 5456.83'. That is 7/10th of a foot. Is there some particular reason you haven't gone above that? Why wouldn't you raise it one foot? Lear says the existing building floor elevation is the same and they have a desire to maintain the same floor elevation for functional reasons within the building. We look to not raise the floor elevation above the floodplain. We are looking at floodproofing the building one foot above the 100 year floodplain line. A change in floor elevation makes it extremely difficult to move equipment so there is a Targe desire to keep the existing floor elevation the same. Meseck says this is probably outside of our scope and we don't have the authority to push them in one direction or another. DeJong asks Staff after this approval, who is the next City stakeholder in this? Zuccaro says the PUD application and an amended plat application running concurrently will be reviewed by the Planning Commission at a public hearing. They make recommendations on the PUD and the plat to City Council, who will make a final determination on the PUD and plat application. Once all of the documents associated with the approvals are executed, they could be issued a building permit. They can apply at any time during the process and Planning would review it for compliance with code and any conditions associated with these approvals. When an applicant applies for a building permit prior to approvals, we let them know it is at their own risk and they may have to revise their building permit application if something changes during floodplain permit or PUD or platting process. This is the first step in the approval process. DeJong says my questions regard the certification by a registered professional engineer or architect for the floodproofing methods. Zuccaro says we see this as a technical matter. The applicant would have to come up with a compliant design. There are several different ways they can do that. It makes sense to not determine it at this point because once they get into the final design stages, they may choose different methods. As long as it is appropriately floodproofed and certified, and the Building Department does their level of review required, Staff recommends giving them flexibility. Public Comment: None.