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PAGE. 4. Berman He noted that charities would be getting, in the neighborhood of 3 to 4 hundred thousand dollars. They have worked for a long time ~ to put a proposal together that would be both beneficial to the heirs.-and the community Johnson Ms. Johnson stated that she did believe that there were some pluses in this particular plan but the negatives outweigh the positives. She stated that if the representatives were standing in her shoes and received the number of telephone calls she had and look into the audience and face the water shortage, they would not vote for this today. She stated that was " her feelings on it. i Luce He did not feel this was a trojan horse. He felt that there was a lot of attractive items in the proposal, from the City's proposal. From his own research, he stated that this developer has a high reputation in the community. He stated the problem he had was the location. He felt that the real issue was where do you draw the line in terms of the comprehensiv~> plan. For those reasons he said that he would vote against the plan; but commended the developer. Meier Mayor Meier commented that there was certainly something to have the developers working with the city and within a frame work that is exceptable to everyone. He felt that there were a few problems with the proposal but that he would definately like to see it go through the Planning Commission. Leary Councilman Leary stated that he opposed this proposal as a violation to the comprehensive plan, however he stated that he might consider submitting it through the process if he thought there was any reason for doing so. He noted that he could not agree with the w stipulation of the motion that any building could not take place until the Howard Berry Water Treatment Plant is built. Question on the Motion The motion was defeated by 5-2, Cussen and Meier voting in favor of the motion. Watering Restrictions Mayor Meier asked Karl Kasch, Director o£ Public Works to update the city council and the public relative to the current water problems, and Mr. Wurl to review recent correspan" dence. WC7RL City Administrator Wurl stated that staff has provided information for council relative to the building activity. Also submitted for council review was a letter from Rocky Mountain Consultant updating on the pre-treatment facility and the status of that. On the Satuday meeting, council approved fast-tracking two items, and _ as an outgrowth of that meeting, staff requests council to add to that list. Also included was the new lawn and landscaping moritorium letter. And also an update of the original fast-track items. KASCH Mr. Kasch reviewed that the recent constriction to the plant built in 1934" was in hydraulics. He stated that staff and consultants have ~ recert y discovered some additional components that re not aware of. They are now working ' to research those components co stage what the ultimate storage capacity is~as soon as possible. ` Mr. Kasch noted that the tie-in to the new treatment facility to plant Nunber"2 will occur August 1st, 1984. That tie-in will give an idea _ j of efficiency.