WPCNR Common Council Chronicle. March 17, 2004: Commissioner of Planning Susan Habel walked the Common Council through the six letters of comment received since the hearing on the  Final Environmental Impact Statement was closed two weeks ago at the Tuesday evening work session at City Hall. After the Council agreed on the language they wanted, Commissioner Habel said a draft Findings Statement would be available by next Wednesday's work session.

The most significant development was Louis Cappelli's request in a letter of March 12, requesting a 7 year period following completion of the hotel/condominium project "to market and commence construction of the office building, after which time the environmental approval for the office building would have to be reconfirmed." The council agreed to this. Bruce Berg's letter requesting this said that if construction of the office building had not begun the time the hotel/condominium is occupied, then a landscaped plaza inthe office building area would be created.

Susan Habel told WPCNR that the Findings Statement would be presented at the April 7 meeting, with an expected vote on the Cappelli hotel project possible in May.