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I MINUTES ~taff reported the following errors within the minutes of the Regular Joint Meeting held on January 22, 1985: 1) Under the roll call, John Acosta was NOT present: 2) Under the roll call, Daniel H. Young was, in fact, present: 3) On page two of the minutes, in point three of Robert Hoffman' s prepared statement, "additional sales tax revenues for the City of approximately $9000,000 per year" should have read "additional sales tax revenues for the City of approximately $900,000 per year". A motion was made by Commissioner McGuigan, seconded by Commissioner Young, and carried unanimously (7:0) to approve the minutes of the Regular Joint Meeting held on January 22, 1985 contingent upon the corrections which were necessary and which have already been made. A-2 SITE DEVELOPMENT Robert C. Bobb, City Manager, provided an oral background report on the proposed Centerpointe development. Mr. Bobb stated that the site is bordered by Broadway Street on the east, civic Center Drive on the north, Ross Street on the west, and Fourth Street on the south. The proposed development would consist of a 225-room quality hotel, a tiel-story 230,000 square foot office tower, a 50,000 square foot tele-communications conference center and 60,000 square feet of speciali ty retail. The development is currently designed as two separate towers with a diagonal pedestrian pass-through from the southeast corner of Ross and Fifth Streets to mid-block on the north side of Fourth Street between Ross and the vacated portion of Birch Street. Mr. Bobb explained that he views Centerpointe as a flagship project. Mr. Bobb then introduced Maureen McAvey, of the Carley Capital Group. Ms. McAvey provided brief background on her company's involvement with this proposal, stating that the developer has already invested a year in the project. Ms. McAvey then introduced the Carley "team": Jim Carley and Allan Toman. Jim Carly, president of the Carley Capital Group, introduced Barry Elbasani, the Carley architect. Mr. Elbasani presented a slide show highlighting current design concepts for the proposed development. Following the presentation, Ms. McGuigan asked if the delivery and supply trucks would be separate from the food vending and retail areas. Mr. Elbasani stated that all such trucks will be routed into one central receiving area. Mr. Young inquired regarding the schedule for the development. Ms. tI~cAvey replied that a public hearing will be scheduled for April 16 , and that Carley is already currently involved in discussions with .otential hotel operators. She further stated that Carley hopes to break ground this year, with construction taking two years. Mr. Luxembourger asked if provisions for two separate fire flows were planned, to which Mr. Elbasani replied that no fire code has been written for the proposed building. Mr. Luxembourger queried regarding the number of proposed parking spaces. Rex Swanson, Deputy City Manager/Development, stated that approximately 1,000 spaces would be allocated and referred to a pending parking management plan. Mr. Hart asked for examples of the types of hotel operator envisioned for the