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City Council Meeting Minutes August 17, 2021 Page 6 of 12 Mayor Stolzmann stated that to her it is clear that the topography and physical conditions are important factors and she supports preserving the drainage ways, trees, and ponds as open space. She supports making all of Parcel C3 as open space to save the view shed and to have a buffer area around the pond. She stated she does not support a four - lane road by the pond as well. Mayor Pro Tern Maloney stated he too is interested in working with the applicant to preserve more open space as well as enable the applicant to have a successful development. He stated he wants to be sure it is purposeful open space. Councilmember Lipton agreed. Councilmember Brown stated he supports requiring the dedication of the highest quality open space with the most natural habitat which he feels is the area above Disk Drive. Councilmember Dickinson stated that in general he supports making the open space contiguous but not necessarily requiring additional open space. Councilmember Lipton stated he was amenable to allowing taller buildings in some areas to make up for the loss of development potential in parcel C3. Mayor Stolzmann stated that to her everything above Disk Drive should be open space. That would be meaningful open space and would address the need for open space on a site this size. Councilmember Brown agreed. Mayor Stolzmann stated she prefers Campus Drive to be routed further to the north and not bisect the open space as much. Councilmember Leh noted it is clear our residents would like more open space, but he is concerned that if Council requires a very large amount of open space it could be considered a taking. Mayor Stolzmann stated the Council has no obligation to add additional density than what was previously approved in the ConocoPhillips GDP. Councilmember Brown stated a public land dedication of this size would not be without precedent. Councilmember Lipton stated the largest land dedications that are precedent have all been for residential developments for which there is a larger required dedication. Councilmember Fahey noted we are requesting more open space than what is required, so in return we should offer something in exchange such as height variances or something similar.