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City Council Meeting Minutes August 31, 2021 Page 5 of 14 Maxine Most, 640 West Linden Street, stated this application is not consistent with the Comp Plan or the values of this community. She stated the applicant does not have the needs of the community in mind and in only out to maximize profit. She urged a no vote. MOTION: Councilmember Brown moved to approve the ordinance but noted that depending on the discussion he may or may not vote for it; the motion died for lack of a second. Councilmember Lipton stated this application has been going on for more than a year. He stated there is unlikely any plan that will satisfy everyone's interests and opinions. We need to find compromise and common ground that balances a number of key interests. Those interests include ensuring environmentally sustainable land and buildings; providing strong stewardship to our open space program and our ecological interests; supporting the City's economic vitality and financial sustainability; being lawful in the application of our municipal code; respecting private property rights; trying to agree on a plan that has a reasonably high probability of financial success; and providing additional incentives to the developer to exceed the minimum GDP requirements to encourage additional open space dedications and to help achieve a zero carbon development. He stated his had created a motion with 9 approval conditions for Council to discuss and see if the group can find common ground. MOTION: Councilmember Lipton moved the Council approve Ordinance 1811, Series 2021, approving the ConocoPhillips Campus GDP, 1 st Amendment, Redtail Ridge Master Plan, and that prior to final execution and recordation of the GDP, the following conditions be included in the GDP: 1) The GDP be revised to allow a maximum of 3.0 million gross square feet of building development subject to the other conditions below. 2) The permitted uses on the site excludes gasoline service stations. 3) The applicant shall revise the Sustainability Commitment Plan to not that all commercial development above 10,000 square feet shall meet the LEED Silver rating. 4) The public land dedication shall be increased to 83.7 acres of land with the recently added 20.3 acres of publicly dedicated Open Space be located around the pond in Parcel C and contiguous to currently identified Open Space in Parcel A. 5) The applicant shall be provided an additional (43,560 X FAR of .27) 11,761 square feet of building space development for every additional acre of Open Space dedicated to the City above the required 83.7 acres in locations and amounts approved by the City up to a total Public Open Space dedication of 100 acres. 6) All buildings shall be heated, cooled and provided hot water by electric power and that the use of natural gas will be limited to providing back up emergency electrical generation power and only for the process uses where the best available technology cannot rely on electrical power or if electrical power is deemed impractical or infeasible.