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City Council Study Session — 06/21/04 DRAFT Minutes - Page 8 within the Twin Lakes Master Plan area. Mr. Shardlow reviewed the work to-date of the Twin Lakes Advisory Stakeholder's Panel and their upcoming and eleventh workshop on June 24, 2004. Mr. Shardlow briefly summarized the various components of the panel's discussions (i.e., rationale, comments and alternatives for land use and concept plans; transportation and traffic analyses related to an assessment of Twin Lakes Parkway and ramp modifications; retail types, sizes and styles that address market viability of a project; and further refinements required). Mr. Shardlow noted that on July 12, 2004, the Advisory Panel, Planning Commission and staff would meet for a fast-paced, information-filled summary of the entire process to-date. Mr. Shardlow concluded by summarizing the express purpose of the process and the Panel to engage the group of citizen/community representatives in bringing information to the Development Team so the Team was fully informed of the input as they put their process together. Mr. Shardlow noted that the process had worked well with good exchanges between the Panel and the Development Team, and had reached consensus on a number of issues, with other key issues clearly identified, but with no real current consensus at this time. Councilmember Ihlan noted, for background purposes, that she had been following the process and panel discussions, and expressed concern about several issues. 1) Her opinion that the four proposals presented at the end of the process were similar to those originally proposed, and their inclusion of a large scale retailer (i.e., Costco); and 2) Why no other alternatives or types of retail development were considered given lack of consensus that a"big box" retailer was essential for project's economics. Councilmember Ihlan concluded by asking what had been gained by the process if the same proposals were put forward as had originally been presented.