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City Council Regular Meeting - 11/22/04 Minutes - Page 24 support assertions that the AUAR was no longer valid. Mr. Squires further noted that, if none of the criteria were met testing the validity, the AUAR would remain valid, and no further environmental issues needed to be considered. City Attorney Squires provided to all parties, and the public, an e-mail dated Monday, November 22, 2004, that had been received that afternoon from Mr. Gregg Downing of the EQB's Environmental Review Coordinator. Mr. Squires recommended that the e-mail submission be placed under "Tab 14.b" in the record of information available for analysis, and provision of findings to the City Council at the December 6,2004 meeting. Councilmember Ihlan opined that inclusion of "big box" retail in the proposed redevelopment, represented potential environmental impacts and should be pertinent to include in tonight's discussion. Mayor Klausing concurred that, provided the environmental impacts were distinguished from consumer-driven issues, and to the extent that it could trigger one of the eight criteria, it would be appropriate to include. Mayor Klausing noted that City Manager Beets would monitor the time for each presenter. to.a EA W Petitioners EA W Petitioners Petitioner representative and spokesperson, Ms. Tam McGehee, debated her receipt of the e-mail distributed as a bench handout by City Attorney Squires, noting that she had only just received it, and not had time to review it. Councilmember Maschka noted that the e-mail was to be included as part of the record, as originally stipulated as part of the process. Tam McGehee, 77 Mid Oaks Lane, Representative and Spokesperson, Friends of Twin Lakes Ms. McGehee explained who "Friends of Twin Lakes," were. Ms. McGehee noted that the organization is a 501 C-3 non-profit organization, with members who are