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3/7/84 Page -7- seems to be the dilemma this evening; but in his view the problem is in essence caused in the desire to limit the number of permits overall is really a function of the major builders or the big guys. The small builders in a sense could potentially be penalized. This is the inverse of what should be occuring. It is the larger guys that can afford the loss; who are making the big impact on the desire to control and we seem to be hearing that is a problem that we can't address. Had some suggestions he would like Council to consider. Suggestions to Address First, in looking at the "Other" category 'the Prdbl~.em one could make a logical argument that in-fill hays less financial impact on the City in terms of providing services, etc. and is a more desirable type of development opposed to running water and sewer, police services, etc. from where they are presently located to service some proposed development. Felt that the in-fill projects should have a higher priority. Secondly - that we look at an assumption that is being made and it may not be valid; that is that Homart is going to have 60 per- mits to potentially be used this year, either by them or Columbine. If the agreement issue is not resolved with Homart in a reasonable length of time, furthermore we are being financially pressured both with major thorough- fare improvements as well as water improvements, felt that the 60 permit figure was an asset that could be pulled back. Third - the idea of making up numbers in 1985. If one assumes that we are going to build ideally 375 this year and 400 next year and totalled those, it might be worthwhile going over in a category this year and pulling back in some other categories for next year, assuming that we can establish a fair and equitable criteria. Pulling back with some of the more major builders. Mayor Meier wished to comment on Councilman Luce's statement - Council could not regulate permits. He did not intend the comment to mean that Council could not control growth but that we cannot control it without a plan in a defined form and definite criteria. Fe:1t that the original figure for 1984 was 540 permits, which was cut back to 375 quite arbitarily.