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Jane Monson, 631 W. Aspen Court Robert Woodson, 235 Hoover Ct. Who Determines Number of Builing Permits Each Year 8/16/83 Page -7- recommend some kind of growth. Stated that she concurred with what had been said by both Mrs. Johnson and Mr. Wait, adding that basically the numbers that Mr. Wurl had been giving were meaningless if he keeps changing them every 2 or 3 months, especially for the years to follow. If he has already changed his mind 3 times this year, those permit numbers 2 or 3 years into the future don't mean a thing to them. The City should stick with a policy that they come up with. There are a growing number of homeowers . in their area of the City that are becoming more and more aware of what is happening and all of them would like Council's consideration on this issue. Asked Mayor Meier who did have the authority to make the determination as to how many building permits will be issued? Was it, in fact, the City Administrator? Mayor Meier replied, "no" his was a recommended allocation of building permits for this year, which included single family and multi-family units. Stated that the end result of the recommendation was 677. Up until this time the multi-family units had not been included in any of the previous recommendations. Fur- ther stated was his understanding the original figure was 480 + 95 multi-units + what the Warembourg annexation would have been had the ordinance not been repealed., Mr. Wurl had been instructed to take out the building per- mit figures for the Warembourg annexation and to date the revised figures had not been re- ceived by Council. Reiterated Councilmembers were the authority to determine the number of building permits. Mayor Meier stated without having done a phasing plan for developers in the past, it would be difficult to initiate it for 1983. Felt certain that any annexations in the future would have the phasing plan written into the annexation agreement stating how many building permits would be allowed each year. Mr. Woodson commented at the present time, Council not only has the responsibility but in fact the authority to set those types of limitations on building permits, is that true? Mayor Meier stated that was true; however felt that there maybe legal ramifications if these limitations were made in 1983.