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Regular Meeting April 11, 2005 Agenda Item # Three – Conditional Use Permit 8041-8081 Olive: Mr. Ollendorff advised that a conditional use permit was held over from the previous City Council meeting for a project at the Farmer’s Market construction proposal for 8041 Olive through 8081 Olive Boulevard and that project includes frontage on Hafner, The conditional use permit has been the subject of several different public hearings and meetings and is recommended by the Plan Commission and the planning staff. Some issues were raised, but were not of significant importance to recommend denial, but the applicant has agreed with the concerns, has amended his plan: 1) to provide five more parking spaces making a total of 175 spaces instead of 170, and 2) to close the drive- way into and out of Hafner, so that residents there will not have to be bothered by commercial traffic, so with those changes he recommended that Council approve this conditional use permit. The project itself, in principle, has been approved by the Council, and this approval this evening attaches conditions that the site could be covered up to 79 per cent buildings, that there be an approved storm drainage facility, that the shared access driveway between the various commercial occupants be subject to design review by the city, that the loading area be screened and that the permitted parking variance to one hundred seventy-five spaces be approved. He advised that the ordinance requires 180 spaces, unless there is substantial public transportation. In this case, there is a bus stop in front of the building, which is within the authority of the Council to grant a variance of five spaces from the parking requirements. So with all that, he recommended approval. Ms. Colquitt deferred to the residents speaking first. Mr. Sharpe said his concern was that residents requested at the last Council meeting that they meet with developers prior to this meeting, and for some reason, there has been no meeting. He would like to see this item tabled until this is done. Mayor Adams asked him to detain tabling until residents had the opportunity to speak and he agreed. Ms. Colquitt added that a meeting was held among the residents, but the developer did not attend to explain his intentions to them. That meeting has not been held, she stated. Mr. Wagner mentioned a point of information and then asked if this item had been tabled last time and was told my Ms. Colquitt that it was. Mayor Adams said he was not sure that it had been exactly tabled so much as held over to the next meeting because of the issues mentioned by the City Manager. Ms. Colquitt thought that she had officially tabled it. Ms. Meine Forsythe, the City Clerk said that she would quickly research the minutes from the last meeting to verify the action taken by the Council. Mr. Ollendorff said that Mr. Wagner’s point was that if it had been tabled, there must be a motion to take it off the table so that it can be discussed and Mr. Ollendorff said he did not recall if it was just held over or tabled. He said it looks like the City Clerk will give us the answer here in a second. Page 7