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City Council Meeting Minutes February 20, 2024 Page 4 of 12 He noted this item was originally scheduled for a December 2023 Council meeting but there were only 3 members present that evening, so they voted to reschedule the hearing for February 6, 2024. At the February 6 hearing, staff made their presentation, the applicant made their presentation, and the hearing was continued to tonight. Community Development Director Zuccaro provided additional information not included in the packet from the last meeting including a drainage plan, answers to questions regarding preliminary plats building heights and allowed uses, existing utilities, and a wildlife use assessment that was on file with the City from another applicant. He stated the applicant has provided a video of the site that they would like to play. Sarah Campo, Sterling Bay, state the video was created from drone and still footage on site and in the surrounding area. The video of the site was played. Councilmember Hamlington asked when staff feels is the appropriate time to have conversations about building heights. She also asked about clustering of buildings to get more open space. Director Zuccaro stated that a GDP cannot change the allowed heights in the underlying zoning, which is why the 2010 GDP has the language it has. Building heights be changed only through a Planned Unit Development (PUD). The time for discussions about building height and clustering is through the PUD application. The plat is for creating lots, streets, and infrastructure. Mayor Pro Tern Dickinson stated that there have been a lot of emails encouraging housing, but he understands the GDP doesn't allow for housing. He asked if there was a process where housing could be introduced. Director Zuccaro stated that uses are set by GDP. The process for housing could be done through a GDP amendment or a policy change through the Comprehensive Plan which would require a zoning change to align with the Comprehensive Plan. Mayor Pro Tern Dickinson asked about the differences between the preliminary plat and the final plat. Director Zuccaro noted the preliminary plat and the final plat should substantially match. The final plat should include final construction documents; the subdivision improvement agreement; building and infrastructure warranties; provisions for transportation demand management; improvement commitments; sustainability commitments; a metro district service plan; and final reports on drainage, traffic and easement vacations. Councilmember Hamlington asked if a preliminary plat is approved will that allow construction to begin. Director Zuccaro answered no. There is an agreement that runs with this land that allows the applicant to start site grading, but they can't start installing any infrastructure. Councilmember Hamlington asked if a condition can be made that they don't start grading. Director Zuccaro said potentially, but that would need to be done in the agreement that has been recorded and runs with the land, not in the plat.