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PlanningBoard | 2008-08-11 | 15 | the expansion to phase two rather than phase three since there appears to be a need for the improvements now. President Kohlstrand invited the applicant to address the Board. Randy Kyte, representing Harsh, addressed the Board. He stated that arbitrarily changing implementation of the mitigation measures to phase two disregards the fact that the nexus for these measures was determined to be in phase three. A board discussion ensued on the mitigation measures planned for phase two and phase three. Randy Kyte stated it is a matter of fairness, and Harsch would like to be treated the same as any other applicant. If the nexus is determined to be in phase three he would like that timeline to be respected. He is willing to deal with identified impacts but does not want to be treated unfairly. Vice President Ezzy Ashcraft stated she appreciated the work done by Harsh, and believes there is a spirit of wanting to move forward, but the applicant should not have to bargain in public, this can be done privately and revisited publicly. President Kohlstrand stated she understood the applicants' position and would like to find a way to move the project forward. Randy Kyte stated he would agree to tighter mitigations. President Kohlstrand stated the Board needed to tighten the timeline. Staff stated that phase two of the redevelopment covers the period from 2008-2010. Changing the mitigation timing may hold up issuance of building permits. A board discussion ensued regarding correlating contributions to issuance of the first permit in phase three. Board member Cunningham moved and Board member McNamara seconded the motion to adopt the Environmental Impact Report as amended. The motion passed 5-0. Peter Galloway clarified when traffic counts were taken for the traffic analysis. His firm also performed traffic counts in 2003. The most recent counts were done in 2005. At that time, the center was undergoing renovation and some driveways were blocked off. As a result city staff had the highest 2003 counts incorporated into the document. Counts from at least four intersections were taken. Dowling performed more recent traffic counts for the Transportation element update in 2007. A board discussion ensued regarding Mitigation Measure 10-2 and adding language that states the city can make the determination to implement this mitigation, using level Page 15 of 21 | PlanningBoard/2008-08-11.pdf |