Admin Order 53-22-09-F -- Final MUPTE Rule Amendment)

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Administrative Order - Page 10 of 12 10. The application shall be verified by oath or affirmation of the applicant and submitted with an application processing fee to be set by the City Manager pursuant to EC 2.020. The amount of the basic fee shall be prominently displayed on the application, together with a statement that the applicant may be required to pay other reasonable costs, including publication costs, financial consultant costs, and appraisal costs, if any are incurred by the City in processing the application. Any additional costs shall be paid to the City by the applicant prior to the granting of any final approval. R-2.945-E Recommendations on Applications. The City Manager shall: 1. Review the application and all supportive material to verify that the applicant has provided the information required and notify the applicant of any omissions. 2. Publish a one column, 3" minimum display ad in the Register Guard soliciting recommendations or comments from the public. The ad will advise that written comments may be submitted to the City for a period of 30 days from the first publication date. Recommendations or comments shall also be solicited from the neighborhood group(s) (if any). 3. Retain a financial independent outside professional consultant to review the project’s financial proforma and report results to the Project Review Panel. 4. Convene the Project Review Panel to review the project’s application and the independent consultant’s conclusions. 5. Within 135 days of submission of an application, the City Manager shall recommend to the Council that the application be denied, approved, or approved subject to conditions. The recommendation shall set forth specific findings in support of the City Manager’s recommendation, based upon this Rule, Council resolutions and ordinances, applicable State statutes, and the written comments received. The written comments shall be forwarded to the City Council with the City Manager’s recommendation. R-2.945-F Compliance Review. Following approval of an application for tax exemption by the Council, and during the developer’s design process and before the final design drawings are completed, the developer shall hold at least one neighborhood engagement opportunity to allow members of that neighborhood to provide comments on the proposal. At least one of the developer’s principals must attend the meeting. (This is separate from the pre-application meeting described in R-2.945-C.) In addition, once the final design is completed and before it is submitted for permits, the developer shall submit the design to staff to review conformance with the design attached to the approval resolution. The City Manager may determine in writing that proposed deviations from the approved design provide