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Council, the administration and Mr. Papandreas discussed the relationship between the building trades and Carnegie. Councilmember O'Leary remarked that Carnegie's willingness to employ organized labor set them apart from the other respondents. As a result of Councilmember question and discussion, the following features of the proposed development and the plaza were clarified: • Public plaza will be at a minimum twice the size of the existing green space in front of the hospital building. • To prevent Carnegie from changing the proposed use of the plaza in the future the City can restrict its use in the planned development process • The benefits of having Carnegie own the plaza verses leasing it were discussed • Carnegie is prepared to partner with Lakewood Alive and the Chamber to coordinate with existing events downtown Councilmember O'Leary expressed his hope to move forward with a vote on Ordinance 27 -18 next Monday in order to allow Carnegie to market the development. Councilmember Anderson proposed an amendment to ordinance 27 -18 that would require Council, Thompson Hine, and Ms. Nichols to see the final draft of the development agreement before it is executed. Motion by Councilmember Anderson, seconded by Councilmember O'Leary to insert the following language to the end of Section 2: "However that the dev agreement shall be delivered to council prior to its execution by the Mayor in order for Council to have at least one public meeting on its terms." It was clarified by the Law Director that the above referenced public meeting would not culminate with a vote on the development agreement. Councilmember Rader expressed his preference that the development agreement to come back to Council for a final vote. Ms. Minter Smyers and Ms. Nichols remarked on the variety of ways in which communities approve development agreements and assessed that this process is typical. However, the level of detail in this term sheet is atypical. Councilmember Bullock and Mayor Summer expressed support for the proposed amendment. On the motion: Yeas: Anderson, Bullock, George, Litten, O'Leary, O'Malley, Rader Nays: none Motion adopted. Ordinance 27 -18 amended.