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approved the houses which are located on his block, with the oldest being built about 1970, yet these problems were in evidence. He felt there were some serious problems and some serious determination e should be made regarding liability. Public hearing was closed, there being no further testimony. Mr. Hamel moved, seconded by Ms. Smith, to deny the appeal and uphold the Hearings Official approval, and adopt findings of fact. With concurrence of Mr. Hamel and Ms. Smith, Mr. Obie added to the motion a requirement that a structural engineer be added to the design team. Regarding the time frame, Mr. Saul responded to Mr. Delay that it was speculative, but would usually be one to two months between this approval and submittal of the final plans. Mr. Delay then expressed some serious doubts about the general state of knowledge and tech- nology in terms of dealing with these problems, i.e., the actual building and drainage. He noted these were public concerns that are not particularly related to this one site. Regarding this specific site, he felt the design team was doing about as much as could be expected at this time. By the same token, the general question of requirements in terms of continuing development in the hills around the city is one Council should address. He hoped Council would support pursuing a preliminary report on these general issues. Regarding the drainage, Mr. Lieuallen felt the question was whether e or not it should be tied specifically to this PUD, noting it was a larger issue. He did not know what other properties were being developed and what effect that would have on the drainage capacity. However, he was not convinced that Council should uphold this appeal because of that problem. Mayor Keller said it appeared there had been an extensive planning process addressing many of the problems. He recognized Council was not a body of engineering experts and would have to rely on expertise presented to deal with these problems. Vote was taken on the motion which carried unanimously. Mr. Obie was excused from the meeting. B. Rezoning from M-2 and M-3 to C-2 PD property located at northeast corner of West 11th Avenue and Beltline Road (Obie Communi- cations Corp.) (Z 78-10) Unanimously recommended by Planning Commission April 11, 1978. Mr. Saul said the southern portion of the property was annexed to the city in the 1950's; the majority was annexed in 1964 as a part of the Bethel-Danebo Annexation. The present zoning was subsequently e 6/12/78--6 ~*