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City Council Meeting Minutes August 31, 2021 Page 7 of 14 that do not relate to the criteria cannot be taken into consideration. She reminded the Council that the decision tonight must be guided by the legal requirements in the code and state statute and comments should specifically address the criteria in the code. Councilmember Leh noted the Council is acting in a quasi-judicial role here and has to make a decision based on the evidence presented in the hearing. The Council has to follow due process. Mayor Pro Tern Maloney stated he thinks there is merit in the application and if the Council can work through some good conditions we can make it a good fit for the community. He noted the application has been shaped over time by this process and the public comments. Condition #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. MOTION: Councilmember Brown moved to replace the 3M square foot limit with 1.6M square feet. Mayor Stolzmann seconded. Councilmember Brown stated he supports 1.6M sf as it is the foot print of the original StorageTek campus on this site. He stated this provides for a sufficient sized campus and preserves open space. Mayor Stolzmann stated she supports this as it is what was allowed for StorageTek on the property. The ConocoPhilips plan that was approved for 2.5M sf was never built and the additional density never implemented so she feels between 1.6 and 2.5M sf can be reasonably argued as use by right on the site. She doesn't feel there is any reason to give additional entitlements when the applicant has not shown the proposed use will bring economic stability to the community. Councilmember Leh asked staff if this is how the use by right should be interpreted. Director Zuccaro noted the ConocoPhilips GDP approved the rezoning of the property to PCZD zoning and allowed up to 2.5M sf of development. GDPs do not expire so that 2.5M sf is the current entitlement on the property. Councilmember Lipton reviewed the history of the site approvals. He noted that if the Council wants to have a sustainable development on the site it will need to have density; more density that when it was StorageTek, and more than what ConocoPhillips asked for. There was no consensus to reduce the square footage to 1.6M sf. Mayor Stolzmann asked that the condition be revised to 2.5M sf. She stated she saw no need to go above what was in the previous GDP and it will only be a larger environmental impact on the site. Councilmember Brown supported the 2.5M sf. There was no consensus to move this forward.