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City Council Minutes September 2~, 2009 Page G 2003. He feels his development company does its best to maintain and keep their buildings clean and well-maintained. He stated the lease agreements do have a clause in them whiclx do not allow storage of inoperable vehicles and they immediately tow any vehicles that are considered inoperable. He stated he used "metro standards" for the income range, which for an example would be a couple working full time and making around X50,000 a year and up. He also talked about the federal tax credit and how renters would benefit from this by providing a reduction in rent. Florence Jone~,17~5~ and Quincy Street, asked the council if a traffic study was ever done on Twin Lakes Raad. She expressed concerns about tlae amount of traff c and the water runoff problem, Mr. Maurer stated a traffic analysis was done before the road was put in, but not after the road was completed. Mayor I~linzing closed the public hearing. Councilor Beck explained that this planned unit development received approval from the City in 2003 for the entire development, which included an apartment building. The necessary public hearings were held at that time. The original PUD allowed for a GO unit apartment building, but it is before the council this evening to reduce the original number of units fzom GO to 53. Councilrnember ~estgaard asked when the entire development was platted, if Qutlot D, the area where the apar~.nent building sits, would also participate in paying for the upkeep of private streets that the townhome association currently pays for. Mr. Barnhart stated originally all portions of the development were in the original plat, but that they did not participate in any of the improvements of the private streets as each portion of the development was built at different tithes. Councilor Beck stated at that time this property was under single ownership. The developer made the decision of which properties to include in the association and which properties not to include. Councilmember• westgaard stated regardless of that, this creates a legitimate traffic concern which would be somewhat helped by reducing the number of units from 60 to 53 and supported that amendment. He would life staff to work with the developer to look at alternatives to these traffic problems. Mr. Maurer stated the original concept for this area included commercial buildings with roads that would support an increase in traffic through the neighborhood. Councilmember Motin asked in order to assist in traffic flow, if a condition could be added that the developer build a road through the commercial area of the development to provide additional access to i7~5t Avenue. He supports the reduction in the number of units to 53 but does not feel the units should be for affordable housing purposes. He feels this property will be in high demand. He asked about the future installation of the proof of parking spots and who would be responsible for ensuring they be in place. Mr. Barnhart stated it would be the property owner's responsib~.ty to install the parking spots on order from the Council.