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