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City of Centerville Council Meeting Minutes March 11, 2020 Council Member Lakso stated one of the best things was to hear everyone speak. At first it are willing to work with us. She feels that the vacant property is a disservice because there is no tax base from it. She looks at the property with so much potential and there is room for discussion on what comes on that property. Th wiggle room because the comp plan opens the door to developers. The comp plan says what you can build. Ms. Lakso stated that she is glad she to have time to process this because a vote would be really hard at this time. She does like the idea of having a diversity in homes. The challenge we will have is this is a valuable site and we hope that we make a profit you and offset our general fund. Block 7 is valuable property and someday we would like to get some business in. Council Member Love stated that he would not feel comfortable with Mayor Paar voting on will be living. Mr. Paar made the decision on his own not to vote and to resign from council as a Mayor, but he stands behind him. He received a lot of emails and text messages in regards to this. He stated that Linda Runbeck called him to give her opinion about this matter. He stated he was not on the fence, this needs to move forward and this is good for Centerville. He received a lot of feedback on this issue from people who live all over the city. The main thing he heard is not to grow our city, it was the TIF. He stated that he struggled with using TIF for this project. Council Member Love stated he understands what the people in the downtown area are going through because he has a path the runs by his property and there is mini storage going in behind him. He stated that he did not vote for that and the rest of the Council is making decisions that are best for our City. They are trying to bring in businesses into our City. He stated the biggest message he heard from the residents is they should not get any help from the City. They should do it on their own. He agrees with Council Member Lakso with following comp plan. This area is zoned mixed used per the comp plan. That plan has been in place for a long time. Council Member Koski addressed Mayor Paar personally matters. He stated that Mr. Paar has done a lot for this community for many years. He commended him for being respectful and being honest and open on not wanting to vote. He thanked Mayor Paar. He also thanked the people that came to the meeting and getting involved. Council Member Koski stated that he has heard that the City is trying to sneak this project through. This is not true. He also stated maybe it is how we communicated to the residents and maybe he should have Council Member Koski stated that he is not a big fan of TIF and if they can put up a $10 million apartment building, they should be able to do it on their own. He stated in the beginning he was for this project but the more he research it and heard, he changed his apartment and they can make money doing it commercial development and making our City a more vibrant place to live and adding senior living. It needs to be the right thing for the City. He doe population is a goal of the City. We need to be careful on how we get there. It needs to be beneficial to the City. There was a discussion about how much open land the City had Page 14 of 18