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6,/18/84 Page -13- they set that precedent, the next builder that comes in may not have as fine a rE~putation but has the same right. He can ask for Council to break those policies and they are in a bind when they want to say no. Mr, Farland stated that he had just come from New Mexico and it took the Mayor, Governor, State Senators and the whole community decided they wanted this thing. BE:cause they were going to bring a good economic base to the community - high tech- nology. They were going to bring good pE~ople out there who were needed and wanted iri that area with a great deal of expertise, ar.~d so the community decided they would do something that has not been done before. They all got together and decided that this ways for the benefit totally of all the citizens iri the community and he was certain that there were a lot of plans that were pushed aside and made-room for. Mr. Farland stated that Councilman Luce's point was well taken. He felt that in this particular case he didn't think these people were coming in saying - we want to build 31 homes. He thought what they were saying was that they would like to~ build 31 homes and we have some exchange. In. addition to the expansion of the reservoir which he felt was significant, the City is also meeting some of the requirements of the people; because the balance of that property is in the area of Boulder County and the City. And when they went to talk with them the piece that they are looking for is part of the property that is going to be donated and as a matter of fact that property will be donated when it is annexed to Louisville and Louisville will then have that opportunity to dispose of it in any manner it wishes whether it is by selling it to Boulder or Boulder County. He felt in this particular case we are talking about some exchange and he thought it was unusual. He didn't think that everyone coming in would have to deal with the reser- voir. So Mr, Farland felt that in many cases there could be a cast in concrete plan and life could get pretty dull and there wouldn't be any need for people such as he or people to sit on council. These are the challenges.