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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 27, 2018 Page 14 Councilmember Willmus acknowledged he was very supportive of Mudslingers. He thought they have been a great asset to the community and he did not want to see them put in jeopardy because they are having difficulty getting their stuff put together and he understood their plight. He will also be putting forward a motion to bring forward an Interim Ordinance to look at this issue of neighborhood busi- ness and drive-throughs going forward as soon as possible. Councilmember McGehee stated she too was very supportive of Mudslingers and was disappointed in the City that the owners have been put in this position and was also disappointed that the Planning Commission was also put in this position. She did not appreciate it and thought it was unfortunate it happened. She stated she would be supporting the moratorium because she thought it was an important issue across the City. She also, for the record, stated this is just like Fairview/D request for a tap room to the extent that the text amendment coming forward is tied to a particular entity asking for something that is not permitted in the code. She suggested that when text amendments are required/requested it would be much better if that issue were handled first so the Council did not have this kind of discussion. Councilmember Laliberte indicated she would be supporting this. She agreed it is very unfortunate that they get to this point at the `midnight hour' and it is not the first time it has happened and that is on them. But, it is unfortunate that the busi- ness owners get caught up in that in the meantime. She stated she has heard for years in a variety of descriptive reasons depending on the project that Roseville is interpreted to be difficult to do business with and this kind of situation does not help change that. She stated she has been supportive of that particular use at that particular site but also for Council to look at the issue citywide with a moratorium so the entire community has a chance to weigh in on this because not everybody is necessarily paying attention to this property, this particular issue and this par- ticular request. Mayor Roe stated he was supportive of this motion, was closer to this point as they came into this, and appreciated Councilmember Willmus getting them to this point. He stated he understands the process has put these business owners in a difficult situation, but the Council is complaining about their own process they set up so there is only one entity to blame, the people sitting at the dais. It is not staff, not the applicants, not the businesses, it is the City Council. He stated it is up to the Council to make it work differently and if they are serious about separat- ing the text amendments from actions on specific properties, he did see some challenges that could make it very difficult to do business in Roseville. One issue is that they are slowing down the process which will make it more difficult to do business in Roseville. So while they are trying to accomplish one thing, they need to be cognizant of the unintended consequences. He stated he would support this motion to adopt the Ordinance Attachment F.