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<br />that his opinion should not surprise people because he ran on a platform of residential <br />growth being out of control versus commercial growth and was elected because people <br />agreed with him. <br /> <br />Council Member Paar indicated that there are good things that could come from the <br />proposal but there is no way of being sure that there will not be TIF issues. He then said <br />he takes offense to the comments that two Council Members are too stubborn to change <br />their minds because he has changed his mind in the past on a decision he made without <br />all the facts. When he obtained the facts and found that he should have made a different <br />decision, he did that. <br /> <br />Council Member Paar indicated that he has received only emails and calls in support of <br />his decision and not one that said he made a bad decision. He then said that he is doing <br />what he feels is best for the City and, if he is not representing the people how they want <br />to be represented, the next election could take care of that. He further commented that he <br />believes that the residential growth is outpacing the commercial and while TIF and <br />townhomes are not necessarily a bad thing he does not feel it is right for the City at this <br />time. <br /> <br />Council Member Paar indicated that he has done research and considered the proposal <br />but has not been provided with any additional information or facts that would make him <br />change his mind. He then said that he would listen to any additional information and <br />public comment and is open minded but has yet to hear anything that provides him with <br />facts to change his opinion. <br /> <br />Council Member Lee commented that things are different, actually being on the Council <br />than when running. He then asked that Council listen to the facts and consider the public <br />input and not make decisions based solely on campaign promises. <br /> <br />Council Member Paar indicated there are other issues with this proposal other than just <br />his campaign. He then said that townhomes have the potential to cause issues with <br />policing and he is concerned with using TIF for residential. He further commented that <br />there is a lot of play in the numbers being presented and he has not actually seen a true <br />estimate of costs to do the soil corrections and demolitions necessary so he does not have <br />those facts to consider. <br /> <br />Council Member Paar indicated that his decision is not based solely on what he <br />campaigned on but because he does not feel this is a good thing for the City. <br /> <br />Mr. Keleher indicated that it was not the intent of the developer to spring this on Council <br />and he apologized for not knowing how the process worked. He then said that he is more <br />than willing to sit down with Council individually or as a whole and provide more refined <br />figures and discuss the proposal further. <br /> <br />Council Member Paar indicated he is willing to listen to the information but what he has <br />is what he has made his decision on. He then said that he has put serving on Council as a <br /> <br />Page 16 of19 <br />