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City Council Meeting Minutes March 20, 2018 Page 14 of 19 Mayor Muckle noted Council does not always have to follow the board recommendation. He felt the community gets a better outcome because of Council's review. Councilmember Maloney agreed Council should rely on staff and the appointed boards and commissions. Motion. Councilmember Maloney moved to approve Resolution No.17, Series 2018 with a note to require retail or restaurant on the first floor. Councilmember Loo seconded. City Attorney Light suggested language for the note; prior to recordation of the PUD, the PUD shall be amended to include a note to state "first floor uses shall be limited to retail or restaurant use. Any first floor use other than retail or restaurant use requires City Council approval of a PUD amendment." Councilmember Maloney noted that captured his intent. Mayor Muckle felt there were minor things that could be done that would make him happier about the project so he would be voting against the motion. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton wanted thought put into softening the appearance. He felt Council had the ability to suggest revision to the architecture. He asked if staff had enough direction to work with the applicant Director Zucarro noted staff had taken a lot of notes but would be happy to have more detail Those noted ideas included consider some types of awning or other shapes or forms in the architecture, work on scale and mass, lower floor plates, lighting on patios, first floor retail note. Substitute Motion Mayor Pro Tem Lipton moved to continue this item to the next meeting seconded by Councilmember Keany. Councilmember Loo wanted more precise direction if Council was continuing this matter. She did not have objections to the architecture as presented. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton stated he would like the following considered: he wanted to soften the contemporary look, look at the top section of windows on first floor, top row of windows on third floor so not so prominent, how does the material interact with other elements (can't be seen well in this rendering) — a better depiction of the color selection on the third floor Balcony on south section would like to see more detail of what is contemplated; nice feature if done well Not a lot of opportunity for awnings but maybe some architectural feature where awning might create more interesting design. Mayor Muckle noted achieving symmetry on the north end of the building with the upstairs windows.