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NOV 51980 Bois 45 M'GE 168 COMPLETED BEFORE THE SECOND PHASE IS APPROVED AS A PRELIMINARY PLAT. MR. SCHMUCKER COMMENTED THAT THE WHOLE THING IS A CONTIGUOUS UNIT. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE COULD NOT AGREE TO THAT. ATTORNEY COLLINS FELT THAT THAT PARTICULAR MATTER WAS NOT WHAT WAS BEFORE THE BOARD. HE EXPLAINED THAT THIS MATTER IS A DECISION MADE BY THE SRC, AND UNLESS THAT DECISION IS APPEALED, HE DID NOT THINK THE BOARD SHOULD COUNTER THEIR PRIOR ACTION, MR. SCHMUCKER ASKED THEN IF THE BOARD WOULD GIVE THEM 4 TO 6 MONTHS AS AN EXTENSION FOR THE PRELIMINARY PLAT SUBJECT TO THE ACCESS FROM FELLSMERE ROAD, AND THE FINAL PLAT ESCROW FOR THAT HALF STREET BEYOND THE SCHOOL BOARD PROPERTY, HE DID NOT THINK THE DRAINAGE PROBLEM WOULD HAVE TO BE MENTIONED, AS IT HAS TO BE STRAIGHTENED OUT BEFORE THE FINAL PLAT. ATTORNEY COLLINS THOUGHT HE SHOULD MENTION DRAINAGE, AND THAT THEY SHOULD REFER BACK TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENTS LETTER OF OF JUNE 19, WHICH WAS A CONDITION OF A PRIOR EXTENSION THAT WAS GRANTED, JUST SO THERE WOULD BE SOME CONSISTENCY IN THEIR ACTION. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT THOUGHT THAT DR. FISCHER OUGHT TO KNOW THAT THERE CANNOT BE A NON -ENDING EXTENSION GIVEN TO THIS PRELIMINARY PLAT. COMMISSIONER Loy COMMENTED THAT WHEN OTHER DEVELOPERS HAVE DONE THE WORK AND REQUESTED AN EXTENSION, THE BOARD HAS ALMOST AUTOMATICALLY GIVEN A 6 MONTHS EXTENSION, BUT ONLY ONE TIME - THE ATTORNEY AGREED. ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN IS THAT THE BOARD HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED THE FINAL PLAT UPON THEIR POSTING OF A BOND, SO THE BOARDS REMEDIES ARE VERY LIMITED IN THIS SITUATION - THE BOARD HAS NO MONEY AVAILABLE TO GO IN AND FINISH UP THE IMPROVEMENTS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE ATTORNEY STATED THAT DR. FISCHER CANNOT SELL THE LOTS UNTIL THE BOARD GIVES FINAL APPROVAL; SO,THAT IS HIS INCENTIVE TO TRY TO GET THE FINAL APPROVAL AS SOON AS HE CAN. HE THEN SUGGESTED THE BOARD GIVE THE APPLICANT A REASONABLE