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. , CB 1933--App1ications of changes in land use laws to existing valid e permit applications; adding a new section to the Code and declaring an emergency. Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Obie, that the bill be approved and given final passage. Councilor Miller said it seemed clear to her that some cut-off date is needed at which applications become certain, so that people who are building can decide what rules are going to apply and what plans they are going to use. Once you make that decision, it just becomes a matter of deciding what date to use, and she felt the current policy was as good as anything else. Vote on the motion was taken. All Councilors present voting aye, the bill was declared passed and numbered 18443. Manager said it was only possible to introduce Council Bill 1934 which amends Ordinance 18371, mak'ing it not applicable to valid permit appli- cations filed prior to effective date. Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Obie, that the bill be given a first readi~g and be brought back to a subsequent Council meeting for a final reading. Councilor Miller said the decision on this bill shouldn't be made on the basis of the City's liability exposure. It seemed to her that what e really happened was that the issue was not an issue in the eyes of the staff. The staff knew the policy and understood it. The main issue, according to Ms. Miller, was the intent of the Council when it passed the original historic area ordinance. That seemed to be, for her, the density issue and that was the issue she struggled with. She didn't recall the design review issue coming up at that Council meeting. As near as she can remember, she did not believe that design review would apply to that development because it was already well along. If the ordinance would have applied to that development, it would have been retroactive appli- cation of an ordinance, and that would seem unfair to her. That was never her intent. Councilor Delay believed that, at the time of passage of the historic ordinance, his intent was that the issues of density and design review would apply to that development. Vote on the motion was taken. The motion carried, with Mr. Delay voting no. D. Public Works Bid Awards (Information distributed) Don Allen, Public Works Director, explained all of the projects. With the exception of Project 4, all have been petitioned by adjacent property owners or a certain percent of those property owners. e' 7/23/79--9 3~~