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Sessien 1629, MintTtes_ Pa~e 8 Od-_r~:~r 17, 1994 0 north side of the road as reques~a by City staff and to ~--.~ve three trees at the site rather than two live trees at the originally p~u[xsed s~ot. V~AGE OF I~TERSITY PLA(~ - PIAT 4 ~he City Manager r~.,.,~a~a approval of Plat 4 of University Plaoe with ap- pLupriate cc~diticr~ insuring that all ~ are pLu~erly c-'-,:,let~. ~le Plan O~,,,,i~ic~ r~-~!~nds establishing an ee~uw fee several ireroB ~ nectea_ with this and prior plats, as well as o ..... ~ ~uund and scee of the privately owned lots; Mr. Ollerrbrff believes there are other methods that esu~uw and asks for p~t approval in o~ to proceed with devel~,ent of several lots already sold. Late today, he agreed to a rec}R~t f~ the p~up- erty owners that a detailed schedule and list of items to be neI~.~ired be sub- are: approving dime/lsic~s for Lot #60; changing the street n~aication, and Mr. Norman ~, 915 Morehouse Lane, said the subdivisic~ is not being ccm- pleted pLu~erly and residents' interests not being looked after. He noted the meeting held two weeks ago resultea_ in many of the is~ being Raa~essed but based el past ea~_rience with the developer, residents feel scm~_ kind of financial responsibility is neoessary. X4a said az~ needing artentice1 are in a list recently sent to Council. Residents want Plat 4 approved since it is critical to ~letlng tba subdivision, but approval should be c~ntingant on their financial protectiel. He said the ~' assessment account is under the develo~er's control and my be subject to m~-~se. Mr. Roger Van Hem, 938 Barnard College Lane, said residents support the Plan O~ission reo~endatic~ for eec~uw in view of the develc[mr's slowness to cuL~lete certain it~m~ and also poor ~.~1 ity of workmanship in certain areas. He circulated pho~n~ls illustrating ~ of the prob]~, and said the de- veloper should be respelsible for correcting these ccraitic~. He sug~est~ a number of specific tests that should be ckme to bring this about. Mr. Joshua Kranzbel~, 908 Barnard College Tame, said residents are o3ncerned about conditic~s in their subdivision that have worsened in the last year and a half. He said there was broad-based support in the subdivisicml to require an escrow f~u~ tba developer until ur~atisfactory cc~lditi~ls are correc~a. M~. OlleDa_orff said the develcper's letter to Council states be does not wish to provide an escrow and believes the schedule be suhnit~a is a r~lble ~le for making necessary improvemBnts. Mr. ;u~m~ as~a if tbare %es a response f~u~ the developer about the condi- ticr~ of the sidewalks and streets at the time of trar~fer to subdivisic~ residents. Mr. Ollendorff said the letter details repair or replacement of specific streets and sidewalks; however, there are still ar~-~ of disable- meat. Mr. ~a~ms said scee of the streets ~ to have flaws not ~ to -~---~