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within the MDA. He noted Bob Lux and Louis Jamborn were in attendance to take comments or <br />questions. <br /> <br />Commissioner Grant stated the document from Kennedy & Graven was given to the JDA <br />members at the start of the meeting. He explained it would be difficult for the members to <br />have questions on a document that has not yet been reviewed. <br /> <br />Chair Wicklund commented the issues that were discussed at the last JDA meeting were still <br />being worked on by the County, developer and City. Director Olson reported this was the case. <br /> <br />Chair Wicklund stated because this document had just been given to the JDA, he recommended <br />this be addressed at the October 1st JDA meeting, along with formal languages to address the <br />tension points. He recommended the JDA set three additional meetings with those dates being <br />October 17th, November 14th and December 19th. He explained these extra meetings would <br />assist in improving the communication between the City and the County as the MDA moves <br />forward. <br /> <br />Commissioner Grant explained the developer has been holding individual meetings with Council <br />members. He suggested the tension points be addressed in the cooperative agreement. He <br />proposed discussions between the City, County and Alatus be put on hold until the cooperative <br />agreement can be finalized between the City and the County. He explained this would provide <br />a solid foundation for the purchase with the developer to proceed. <br /> <br />Commissioner McClung arrived at the meeting. <br /> <br />Commissioner Huffman understood the City would like three weeks to review the draft MDA. <br />He spoke to the amount of money and time the County had spent on this project and noted the <br />County was working to get this project underway in 2019. He feared how a pause or hold on <br />negotiations would impact the project. He recommended both documents move forward <br />concurrently. <br /> <br />Commissioner Ortega requested further information on how negotiations have been conducted <br />on the MDA. Louis Jamborn discussed how negotiations have been conducted between Alatus, <br />the City and the County. He recommended that all negotiations regarding the development <br />have all three parties in the room. <br /> <br />Commissioner Grant stated he would like to see the City and the County have aligned goals for <br />this development through the cooperative agreement and have this in place prior to the County <br />completing negotiations with the developer. He believed there was a great benefit in the City <br />and County aligning themselves. <br /> <br />Chair Wicklund agreed there would be a benefit to the two agencies aligning themselves. <br />However, he understood that alignment was extremely difficult to reach between the three <br />parties involved.