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Brian Pawlowski, Department of Community Investment, with offices on the 14th Floor of the County -City Building, stated that the Department of Community Investment has engaged with an outside local firm to work with Dave Matthews and look at his project again and propose alternative design schemes or other adjustments to the project. Councilmember Karen White asked, After the developer and others have met, are you confident that by December 12, 2016 we'll be able to take action at that time? Mr. Pawlowski responded, I think the short version is that we don't have a lot of choice. We're going to be sure to be available. The one (1) thing I think could present a challenge would be just actual cross - destinations of getting them to as specific a point as possible. That will be the key part. But the quicker we can get an overall kind of design conception —or at least a meeting between the developer and his folks, and the group the quicker that will come. I'm sure there will be alternatives or at least there will be comments from this outside group that they can present, both to Dave and to the Administration. Going through all that will encapsulate some of the concerns I think that have been voiced. The key question then will be, "What do we do with that information ?" Without knowing what they're going to end up proposing, I wouldn't want to speak too much beyond that. But yes, short version: we're shooting to make sure that you have an alternative that you can see prior to that meeting. Committeemember Davis asked if the first meeting had already been scheduled. Mr. Pawlowski responded, They'll be contacted today. Committeemember Davis responded, I appreciate that. As soon you hear something, I would request sending it to us– especially to Councilmember Broden —so we can look at what their corrections are. I understand the whole thing about open -door law and everything else like that, so we have to be careful about having any other kind of meetings prior to that. But if there's some key issues that she has, you can have a contact number so that Councilmembers can call in and get some better understanding maybe visually, or whatever, so we can come up with a clear issue of where to go from this. Mr. Pawlowski responded, I would anticipate, probably this week, for work to maybe bleed into next week, but next week I would assume being able to contact you all. We're trying to give them access to all the different documentation that you all compiled, which would include public comment, all the letters, the different subs. Committeemember Davis asked, Would you foresee any reason why they may come back and say, "We can't make any kind of statement or anything like that? ' Do you see any reason why they won't make any kind of recommendation? Mr. Pawlowski responded, It's possible that they may say they don't see alternative options, but I do not do that line of work, so I would hate to speculate on it. But I think there will be suggestions, certainly. How far those go with the developers, that's going to be the key question. 10