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<br />Council Member Capra indicated that she spoke to the representative from White Bear <br />Township and they did TIF in an effort to spur industrial growth. Council Member Capra <br />indicated that there is a senior housing complex that was rezoned and TIF was offered. <br />She then said that she spoke to the Mayor of Spring Lake Park and a council member <br />from Blaine who have said that with interest rates the way they are, the City should only <br />do a TIF district for commercial and not for residential because the benents are-really <br />high and worth the costs to do residential development. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers indicated she respected the decisions for those <br />people in their City but does not feel that it is appropriate to apply those decisions to this <br />City. <br /> <br />CounclI Member Capra indicated she has done research and made calls to look into the <br />proposal and she believes she is the only one who did the research before making her <br />decision. She also commented that she has gotten emails on the matter. <br /> <br />Mayor Sweeney indicated that he would like to see the City consider rezoning the <br />properties along County Road 14 after the street is widened. He then said that he feels <br />the road will come through because of the costs associated with going around and the <br />environmental concerns with the heron rookery. He further commented that it makes <br />sense to rezone Main Street to commercial to revitalize downtown. <br /> <br />Mayor Sweeney commented that taking land from the proposed area out of commercial <br />and rezoning it to residential is not as big of an impact should the City rezone parcels on <br />Main Street to commercial. He further commented that he feels Main Street is the natural <br />area for commercial development. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers indicated that she was looking for more people with <br />input. <br /> <br />Mr. Mike Carter, 6913 Sumac Court, indicated he has lived in the area since 1987 and <br />has seen things come and go. He then said that TIF concerned him at first until he <br />learned how it used and how it can benefit the City. He then said he would prefer to see <br />townhomes go in because that type of housing usually has less of an impact to the school <br />district than single-family homes do. He further commented that townhomes in the price <br />range of $250,000 should attract people who do not cause issues for the police <br />department. <br /> <br />Mr. Hanson suggested obtaining information on the impact of townhomes to the police <br />department. <br /> <br />Mr. Lloyd Drilling commented that this has been being discussed for weeks and he feels <br />sorry for everyone in this whole thing because there are two people on the Council who <br />flat out state they will not change their mind for any reaSon at. all. He then said that he <br />has been involved in enough deals in this town to know that when people in this town do <br /> <br />Page 12 of 19 <br />