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City Council Meeting Minutes February 15, 2022 Page 9of13 shall a CO be issued for any residential dwelling units unless the associate commercial development has received a cert of completion or similar approval for a core and shell condition as would be required by the city. Mayor Stolzmann asked the following questions: • How would the affordable housing component be impacted by this? Will they be required to pay the fee up front or with concurrency requirement? • Is there anything in place to ensure that public improvements be done at the onset of the project and not be delayed with the concurrency requirements? • Is there anything that can be done to make sure the public improvements are done prior selling any of the development? Planner Ritchie provided the following answers: • If the developer comes to PUD with everything ready at once then the fee would be due all at once. • There is nothing that would delay requirements during the PUD. • Public infrastructure is to be built with the first phase. Council can require that public improvements be done upfront at the time of the subdivision agreement. • Staff will have a guarantee in place so that if the development stalls out the City has the funds in place to finish the public improvements. It is Planning's intention to garner public improvement fees up front, which is a different process than in the past. Councilmember Fahey asked at what point the inclusionary and senior housing units have to be included. Planner Ritchie stated those details are working through at plat or PUD. 12% of the units would be inclusionary housing. Council could add a condition that all of those come in at phase one. Councilmember Brown asked if the only changes since the October hearing are the potential for additional commercial and 12 units of senior housing. Planner Ritchie responded that the comment was accurate. Councilmember Most expressed concerns about the 5000 square feet that isn't concurrent and seven large spaces in the retail portion of the development. Planner Ritchie responded that the plans included in the presentation are very conceptual. Applicant Brian Bair stated they have done a fairly substantial analysis of retail within a mile and a half of the proposed project and there is high vacancy across all sectors. Councilmember Dickinson remarked that everyone wants to know what the developer is planning, but we are at a high level stage now. He acknowledged that the community and Council are asking questions that aren't required of the applicant at this stage.