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City Council Meeting Minutes September 21, 2021 Page 5 of 11 future. He stated he is concerned this may not meet the health, safety, and welfare criteria however. Councilmember Leh stated he is concerned about the environmental impacts of the new traffic and about the economic market analysis particularly the creation of so much new office space. Councilmember Leh made a friendly amendment to reduce the square footage in Condition #2 from 3 million to 2.7 million square feet to address his traffic and office space concerns. Councilmember Lipton did not accept the friendly amendment. MOTION: Councilmember Leh made a substitute motion to reduce the square footage in Condition #2 from 3 million to 2.7 million square feet; Mayor Stolzmann seconded the motion. Councilmember Lipton stated he has been a part of the Planning Commission and City Council for almost 30 years and remembers most of the major developments. The current Council and Planning Commission are the most demanding he remembers. He stated he feels good about this process and what the City has gotten in this proposal. He stated there is no perfect development plan that will meet everyone's interests on this property. We need to find compromise and common ground. Councilmember Lipton stated this would be the most environmentally sustainable plan to be approved and built in Boulder County. We need to provide strong stewardship to our opens space program and he feels this proposal preserves ecological interests at the highest level of any development in the City's history. This proposal supports the City's economic vitality and meets the development model we have agreed to use. He feels the municipal code requirements have been met by this public process and the application. Councilmember Lipton stated the City has always respected personal property rights and we have done that for this application. He stated he does not want to approve something that is not economically feasible and as proposed tonight he feels this application is still economically feasible and will not result in a failed development. He feels the conditions as written give the applicant some incentives to actually develop to a higher standard and possibly give more open space. He feels this is a balanced plan that won't make everyone happy but is the best compromise. Councilmember Dickinson stated this is an imperfect process where people have different priorities. He stated he supports changing the rules on some topics for future applications, but for this application we have to review it with the rules that are in place. He noted the sustainability requirements in these conditions are above anything we have ever required and that is due to our residents and our Council wanting that as well as the applicant agreeing to it. This is not everything we want but it is a good proposal. It is a work in progress and the PUD process will be another chance to work to make it even better.