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Minutes of 8/27/07 Regular City Council Meeting Page 25 Councilmember Kough opined that in thinking about a moratorium, he couldn't see how it would help the area. Mr. Darrow clarified that two (2) formal applications had been sub- mitted to-date. Councilmember Kough asked that staff alert Councilmembers of in- terest in parcels in the Twin Lakes area, rather than having to hear it through the "grapevine." Councilmember Roe noted that this had been previously requested of staff. Mr. Darrow advised that staff could keep Councilmembers advised of such interest. Councilmember Pust spoke in support of the benefits of community planning, opining that running a process to get wide public input was always a good idea and could avoid issues that had proven contentious in the past. However, Councilmember Pust spoke in opposition to negatively affecting of limiting use and rights of private property owners. Councilmember Pust further opined that, if the City owned the property, it would be a decision internally, but with the property owned privately, and given threatened litigation already, it didn't seem like good policy to establish a moratorium. Councilmember Pust further opined that she was in full support of going full steam ahead with community planning, but questioned the need fora mora- torium to do that planning; and seemed to simply attempt to make it easier for the Council to bring things to a halt to make decisions when it was more convenient for them to do so, rather than being leaders and doing that planning more immediately and not affecting private property owner rights. Mayor Klausing, on a personal note, advised that the Twin Lakes re- development area had consumed a major part of his life over the last five years; and clarified that the purpose of the previous moratorium was not for property acquisition, but to provide for the majority City Council-appointed stakeholder group to meet, and allow for a public