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Council thanked Mr. Steiner and the Finance Committee for their excellent report on the fiscal reserve policy. Dauber recommended that reserves be established for the replacement of Town Hall. It was an old building and too small for the Town's current needs; it was only a matter of time before it would need to be replaced. Hubbard noticed that the report recommended reducing the amounts allocated for both pavement management ($500,000 to $250,000) and pathways ($75,000 to $10,000) beginning in the yea 2003. He did not recommend lowering these figures based on the Town's history. Hubbard also believed the emergency reserves were on the low side. Dauber suggested the amount allocated for storm drain capital improvements be increased. PASSED BY CONSENSUS: Council agreed to send the report on Fiscal Reserves Policy back to the Finance Committee for incorporation of the Council's comments and to request the committee to bring the study back to Council at a future Council Meeting. 5.2 Approval of site development permits for new residences and pools and variances to allow grading over property lines at 13826 Moon Lane (Lot 2) and 13824 Moon Lane (Lot 3), Lands of Wythe/Vitu The Planning Director stated that the revised plans included the directions given to the applicants at the 2/4/98 City Council Meeting. For Lot #2 the attic still needed to be lowered but this could be done at building review. Glenn Cahoon, applicants' designer, responded to the input received at the 2/4/98 Council Meeting. He addressed the issues of height, skylights, retaining walls and drainage. Dauber referred to the skylights and recommended that whenever something new was added to the plans, they be highlighted. David Ewald, 13830 Page Mill Road and Ramona, Valerie and Tim Chown, 13822 Page Mill Road addressed the Council in opposition to the site development permit requests for Lands of Wythe/Vitu. They did not believe these projects conformed to the Town's design guidelines and Site Development Policy. They thought the houses were too big, did not fit into the neighborhood and should go back to the Planning Commission for redesign. In addition they believed the plans before Council contained inconsistencies and had not been appropriately reviewed by the Planning Commission. Dru Anderson, 27820 Saddle Court, expressed her concerns about the drainage and the skylights and in particular about not being informed about the status of these issues. Evan Wythe, applicant, stated that he was available to answer any questions the Council might have. He noted that this had been a long process and he believed they had addressed the earlier concerns and had simplified the design of the houses. He did ask for clear direction regarding Condition #21 concerning the road. Dauber stated that although she was within 2,500 feet of these projects, there was no financial impact on her property. Dauber inquired about the possibility of a road maintenance agreement for Moon Lane and was advised by the City Manager that apparently the neighbors were working on this but it would work only if there was unanimous agreement on the issue from the neighbors. Dauber also inquired about the option of a reimbursement agreement to WytheNim from future subdivisions in this area and was advised that this was also a possibility for future development. Referring to the stonework on the top of the garage, Dauber stated that she thought this was inappropriate. Hubbard reiterated his comments from the February 4' Council Meeting when he stated that he thought the applicant had followed the directions given by the Council and the Planning Commission's comments had been taken into consideration. February 18, 1998 Regular City Council Meeting