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Minutes - page 5 August 21, 1979 COMMENTS Kahan: ~y name is Donald Kahan, I live at 6160 N. Cicero, Chicago, Illinois. I am the president of Jack Jacobs & Co. a joint venture with Homart Development Co., a subsidiary of Sear Roebuck on the Centennial Valley Mall. I like to take this opportunity to thank the Council, City of Louisville for the patience good will and good humor that they have treated, I think, one of the most arduous zoningsin the history of America. We have gone through every governmental agency produced in, I believe, solid expert form uncontriverted data, substantiating what is there and 'tl7hat we are going to do. It was very interesting that DRCOG finally, Mr. Kinslinger accepted our traffic E~stimates and he acknowledged that the Centennial Valley Mall, at most would only create the Hwy 36 four years before the year 2000. That's what ~7e said from the beginning in the impact studies. Thanks to thi.s form, I have had the opportunity to meet with the Governor, Lt. Governor, all of the members of the Boulder City Council, the Boulder Commissi.oners, and of course the ones I cherish most, the City of Louisville. We have agreed, as been documented, that you have reviewed for our companies to expend approximately $10 million dollars on items out- side of the direct development of the shopping center. That not only contributes to the negotiating power of the City, but an acknowledgment on our part that a development in Louisville is worth to us, that kind of committment. It is easy to file law suits, cost what $50, and somebody volunteers, but when push comes to shove often times, the real committment is in terms of time, is in terms of the money WE~ are willing to spend and the adaptation of our center to the Community in the direction of the City of Louisville. I can't predict absolutely what your decision will be. I can only say that we have been treated fairly and with good humor. I hope the opponents that are here tonight. will acknowledge that they have been given fair treatment and I hope that they will attack if they want in any form that is available to them as citizens of Colorado, as citizens of American on this project, but do it with good will not out of viciousness, not out of hatred and not out of frustration that they can't force their will on the community. We will do what we have committed to do and more and in the time frame that we have committed to you, we will develop the Centennial Valley Mall in accordance to a logical and fair plan and develop the rest of the land that we have purchased in the time frame that puts an economic burden on us because it requires us to carry it for an extended period, but we recognize this community is planning logically and in conjunction with an over- all plan. If you would give us approval tonight, based upon the fugitive dust permit that we have received that requires a 30 day waiting period, we will begin our work September 16, 1979 and proceed, weather permitting full blast to open this mall hopefully partially in the fall of 1980, but no later then the early spring of 1981. Again I want to thank you for the time that you have spent, the gui- dance you have given us and the fairness you have treated us.