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City Canncil Regular Meeting — 06/20/Q5 DRAFT Minutes - Page 2Z DeIla Denard Ms. Denard questianed the Council as to their fairness and hone�ty in representing the citizens who elected them into office. 1V�s. Denard referenced the recent newspaper po�l and responses, and asked the City Council not to go against the wishes of ihe citizens. Gale Pedearsan, 929 W Roselawn Avenue Ms. Pederson addressed �he need to clean up �he cantaminated proper�y, not �just b�ight, but a knawn and identified carcinagen. Ms. Pederson, while not in agreement with the project in its entirety, no�ed the 730 housing units offered in th� develapment, in addition to other amenities and redevelopmen�t o� the entire area. Ms. Pedersan opin�d that her main concern was in cleaning up con�aminants along the lake and park to eliminate pot�ntial health hazards and for ben�fits far future generations. Ms. Pederson asked citizens ta look at the positives, nat jusi the negatives, and opined that truck badies do not make good natural habitat. Tim Koteclu, 3078 Mount Ridge Road Mr. Kotecki reviewcd statistics and demographics he had researched related to existing r�tail in the area. Mr. Kotecki summarized his concerns by asking if citizens wanted to invest fheir future tax dollars far additional retail d�velopm�nt; and respectfi.illy asked the City Council to vote "no" on the financing proposal for this project. Craig Christenson, 2585 Wheeler Avenue Mr. Christenson opined that he didn't support TIF; and �hat whi�e he could support a p��ojec�, no� necessarily this one. Mr. Christenson referenced E�ibit Q related to the LEADS process and rating system; questioned whether the proposed languag� was enforceable; questioned ite�ns related ta the State Energy Code and the less-stringent commercial than residen�ial code. Mr. Christenson addressed 1ig11i pollution and prc�vided City Manager Beets with a copy af a printout from the "Dark Sky Association"