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One Council Member brought up the Planned Development Permit (PD). She understood that the Permit is to look at the cumulative impacts, to aggregate but iYs become more challenging recently. She says that this is an issue for Council and needs to be looked at. Mr. Lyon added that the PD provides flexibility and mentioned the Oakwood Subdivision as an example. He said it is intended to address non-standard issues and to look for context and site issues. Vice Mayor Gee followed up with a question regarding the PD, asking if without a PD, could Council impose Condition 19 and the City Attorney confirmed there is no mechanism. Vice Mayor Gee shared concerns about who will maintain the infrastructure. He would like to see binding the responsibility to make the improvements and binding the cost for maintenance down. Dr. Bell said he would like Staff to come back regarding the permit, and clarify and educate around those issues. Also, he would like to get some direction on how we might want to change our ordinances. Another Council Member suggested that the City have better communications with the public regarding the permit process. One other Council Member asked Mr. Lyon to repeat his calculation concerning Alternative B. It was explained that Condition 19 set a formula with a set minimum of 2,000 square feet and rounding up. Vice Mayor Gee would like to see a citywide slope ordinance, not so much a hillside slope ordinance. He pointed out that slopes are not exclusive to the hills. Clarifying comments were made about Condition 19 by staff. M/S FousUlra to approve Alternative B, which is the recommendation as made by staff, to the Planning Commission without the edits from that body (includes the 2,000 sq. feet as the minimum home size limit, which is inclusive of the garage). One Council Member commented that he wished this was all handled differently, and wished all the residents got together and made this a "joint project". He would like to apply the law correctly and he does not want to create unmitigated impacts. Mr. Lyon clarified that this option includes the 2,000 sq. feet as the minimum home size limit— including the garage. Another Council Member said she will support the motion, but wished that they all merged lots and had handled the slope by themselves. This Council Member said that it is not acceptable that the current construction is going on and we need to set up a good track record so that we show we are serious about the mitigations. A different Council Member said he is not going to support this motion, because he thought there was going to be a discussion about the hillside ordinance or slope ordinance and that would have helped before the meeting. He believes this is out of order. Vice Mayor Gee said he is supporting this motion, but infill housing is hard and this had a long history. He feels we owe it to everyone to make decisions. He opined that this is not one-size fits all. Mayor Aguirre concurred with Vice Mayor Gee's comments and she too will support this; and, she believes in both property rights and in being good neighbors. CITY COUNCIL September 23, 2013 MEETING MINUTES PAGE 14 MINUTE BOOK NO. 64 Page No. 449