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Minutes of the Combiried Caucus/Council Meeting 7-16-07 Page 11 OLD BUSINESS OPEN PORTION - 3 minute limit imposed by Chair. Those who wish to speak must first state their name and address. This open portion is limited to discussion pertaining to the items under "Old Business" only. There were no comments. NEW BUSINESS Motion to approve recommendation from Planning & Zoning for Conditional Use Permit and Final Site & Landscape Plan for the Hilton Garden Inn contingent upon Board of Appeals approval7/17/07 for Landbank Parking and Off-Street Loading Facility. Mr. Marrie, seconded by Mrs. Cinco made a motion to approve recommendation from Planning & Zoning for Conditional Use Permit and Final Site & Landscape Plan for the Hilton Garden Inn contingent upon Board of Appeals approval7/17/07 for Landbank Parking and Off-Street Loading Facility. Council President Buckholtz advised that we have representatives present who would like to make a presentation. Greg Baka with the Omni Companies, the front line developer of the 700 Beta Drive project introduced himself and Matt Solomon the lead architect of the project from City Architecture. Tonight they are at the culmination of a long process of give and take and input from the members of Planning and Zoning related to issues with parking and how the site plan would work at large. They are here tonight to answer any questions about the end result of the process. If they get approval tonight, they are ready to begin construction on the hotel pretty much immediately. Matt provided a summary of where they have been. The 700 Beta Drive project is located on the west side of Beta Drive. He showed the site plan. There is an existing building on-site that is renovated. New businesses are moving in. The Hilton Garden Inn will be located to the west of that existing building. The concepiual design was presented and discussed in October and November of last year to understand how it works with the 2020 Master Plan. It .went before Planning and Zoning and Board of Zoning Appeals for some initial issues to be worked out and some variances granted. Since then, they have been working with John Marrelli and Tom Cappello and selective departments to discuss the site plan and get into the details. In the spring, they went before the Architectural Review Board and got approval for the exterior colors, materials and layout. Finally in the past month they have been submitting site information that has been reviewed by Tom Cappello. The landscape plan and all of the details have been approved for the project with the exception of some drainage issues that Tom Cappello is working out with C.W. Courtney which is the Civil Engineer for the project and also one of the