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Commissioner Ortega stated he supported both documents and understood there were issues that still needed to be addressed. He reiterated that these documents were between three parties: the City, the County and the developer. Commissioner Grant respectfully requested the placeholder number of $500,000 and language regarding SAC credits be removed from the MDA. He stated he did not support the document moving forward with these two items. He feared the document would gain traction and wanted to be assured these items were fully vetted by both parties prior to consideration of the final MDA. Chair Wicklund commented the SAC issue and the reimbursement fees to Arden Hills were both important issues that had to be further addressed within the MDA. He asked if the Commission would be open to increasing the meeting schedule in order to facilitate the negotiation process. Commissioner Grant supported more meetings so long as progress was being made by the group. Commissioner Ortega reported it was not this group’s job to negotiate as staff members were in place for the County and the City to oversee this task. He explained the JDA was being asked to consider approving a preliminary or draft MDA. Commissioner Huffman stated meetings were great and would spur additional conversations. Chair Wicklund agreed this was the direction the JDA should be heading. He stated it was his hope additional work would be completed on the MDA for the JDA to discuss on September 19th to assist this group in becoming more comfortable with the overall language. Commissioner Huffman stated he would still like to put this item to a vote this evening. Motion by Commissioner Huffman seconded by Commissioner Ortega to approve the Master Development Agreement Summary. Commissioner Grant suggested the motion be amended to remove two tension points from the MDA: Issues relating to Met Council SAC fees and the amount of City reimbursement for planning costs. AMENDMENT: Motion by Commissioner Grant seconded by Commissioner McClung to amend the motion to remove two tension points from the MDA regarding issues related to Met Council SAC fees and the amount of City reimbursement for planning costs. Commissioner Huffman stated he would not accept this amendment as there would be other issues that may change between now and October.