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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 22,2012 Page 25 At the request of Councilmember Pust, Mr. Solsrud clarified that it was the de- veloper's intent to have underground parking constructed with each building. At the request of Councilmember Pust, Mr. Trudgeon advised that, to-date, staff was aware of petroleum spills on the site as the basic knowledge of environmen- tal contamination. While not anticipating other significant impacts based on studies in the area to-date, Mr. Trudgeon admitted that this remained an un- known factor until digging commenced. Councilmember Pust questioned how firm costs could be until the extent of the contamination was known, even with petroleum contamination. Mr. Trudgeon clarified that there had been clean-up of spills over time, but he remained unsure of whether or not there was more significant contamination beyond that known at the PIK terminal west of this parcel. At the request of Councilmember Pust, Mr. Solsrud confirmed that the property owners were also unsure of the extent of the contamination. Discussion ensued regarding the height of the building (four stories); prelimi- nary nature of the drawings, with the units proposed to have balconies and be typical 2-3 bedroom units, with only about eleven (11) 3-bedroom units out of the total, with most 1-2 bedroom units,based on the most recent Maxfield Study and needs indicated in the community. Councilmember Johnson, while recognizing that this was an interesting pro- posal for the Twin Lakes area and that it needed something like this eventually, he concurred with the comments of Councilmember Willmus regarding any pro- ject seeking TIF providing meaningful wage jobs. While understanding that there would be some jobs created with this project, Councilmember Johnson advised that he preferred to associate use of TIF to address blighted infrastruc- ture used to open this area, but now needing to use remaining TIF funds for more significant job creation. Mayor Roe noted that the financial participation framework had been evaluated against this project as well as earlier criteria from the City's 1997 TIF Policy addressing housing needs being met through TIF funding as well. Mayor Roe noted that TIF funding had been used for the recent Sienna Green project. Mayor Roe personally opined that he found no need to discriminate between housing projects having a gap and whether they met employment needs as well. Mayor Roe noted that this was a proposed mixed use area, and the City was seeking housing for that area; and sought to ensure that housing needs were not precluded based on employment needs not coming into play as well. Mayor Roe spoke in support of taking the next step for a more refined analysis of num-