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<br />:~PF~CIr1L CI"I'Y CCUrCII., ;•;1.~TIuG
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<br />rioting •ayor LarsCn _MEplied that ;•r. Laly~ was not pushing, i,e was re~,~iet~rirg i~si7,S0
<br />plans and ~;ivirig a.n appraisa~_ of the p?.an, and that, yes, t11e C~.ty ~._s out
<br />of the ::one;,. Co1znc~_?sY;o:~:17er Eggert• s±,ated that Counct_Z z.•anted threE> or
<br />four planners to cons.k-der• and that he, personally, Felt Carl male was
<br />closely ident~_fi ed w~_th and in favor of the American Shelter project, and
<br />t''iat was his reason for wanting to interview other planners.
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<br />Vince Landis, '.J38 Crawford, commented on the scanner in h7hich the Z.iqucr ~JTJC~ L~lIL.iS
<br />store tas shoved down the ci.ti zero's throats i n spite of the fact that over 1>38 C;Ati'vr'~~,~~J
<br />200 persons had signed a neta_ti.on against the store. •u . Landis stated
<br />he thought the matter regarding the Larpenteur/Snelli_ng natter ~,°as deca_ded,
<br />the ~iullseye bui?.ding tras going; to be built. :e felt a rnoratoriu:ri could
<br />not be voted upon at this time as the ;~ia~-cr° _is not in att,endanc~=. Counci? -
<br />member Chestovich stated she coin d not understand ti:h;;, the people felt a
<br />.nor~.toriurr~ t.,ould be harmful to thee, as the reaso,z for' tlye sccratoriu^s
<br />t•otz? d be in hopes that soriething beneficial to the City could be built
<br />on the whole black. ~`:r. Landis stated that a group plans to or~aanize
<br />snd fight ~frhat is beir,~, done.
<br />arlere Burka.rd, 1','Z'~ ~dorth Pascal, also expressed concern ~%ecause she was i•~RL~:~~ BU~i.i4;tD
<br />net notified of the saeeting until 8:,30 P.-i. on April 26th (a fl~rez° 1T~-7 i10 NTH
<br />delivered to her door) . It w~xs exnla.ined that the notice had rot Dome PASCAL
<br />from the City bu.t from one of the residents in the area. Councilmerc'oer
<br />Chestovicr~ explained that .t is not physa_cally or financially possible
<br />to notify everyone in tk.e Ci±~~~ and if Courci7_ chose to notify onl~r a
<br />particular area the ot:zers would ask tvhy they ti•rere not a' so notified.
<br />i4rs. ~'surkard asked hos,: p€~cple ~~il~_ knotis tp:ere ~_s a rr,ect:~ng to attend
<br />if trey are not notified to wrxich Cotzncilmember Chestovich replied
<br />that it iS the citizen's responsibility to read the posted not:i_ces.
<br />The T-iany rumors that are being, circulated were discussed, sucri as tl-~e
<br />horraeot•.ners on Crawford have been approached regarding condemnation.
<br />The six homeotr~ners or, t11e block of Crawford we,~°c: in attendance arzd
<br />stated ts.e-y had not been approached. Council-n~rr:ber i~hestov-icl'i suggested
<br />tlbat residents check. ~ritY? Counci.~,:.member°s or Ci t~~ .all t•ahen such rzzr~ors
<br />are heard. She also recommanded that persons interested in se2~ring on
<br />the citizens cosn~~ittee call City Hall and e;~press their interest.
<br />13ob Cold. ins, representing Bull.seye Golf stated that :3tzl~_soye otti7zs the n.G.~1tT
<br />eight blocks along the north side of Larpenteur. He also ind3_cated that CGLLI3S,
<br />the lease cn space they are nog i°enting taii~_ expire in 12 to 18 months, i3UI,j.,SGi,;;
<br />azld therefore they are forced t0 male SCI'Ie deciSiO?'i5 abCtdt t!-:e future GGLF
<br />of the compan;;r. {:r. Ccllin:= stated they would like to *•~ork t,;_th the CitJT
<br />and people in the area and again referred to P1.ans A, B, and. C (Gpt3.ons A,
<br />}3, and C j . ir. Cc113.tzs then explained the vary otzs plans and reiterated
<br />that Dullseye does net prefer Plan h, but would be a second or third choice.
<br />If Counc~_l focuses on Plan C and organizes a citizens coscmittee to get
<br />even-thing in t?Ze target area ta'~en care o~f before tal',:5_ng to r~ullseye
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<br />they would have na cl:Dice as business people but to proceed wi tyl Plan A.
<br />He also stated that if Council adopts a noratoriurn, the City will be in-
<br />~TOlved a.n litigation. Councilmember Lggert stated t~?at he had asked CGUPJCILI~°iL't~i~:i
<br />the City Attorney i.f the City decides to pursue Plan L and. later decided i~:GGE'ti,T
<br />to not pursue that option cou'.d the Cit;;r then institute a :;;oratorit:~i and
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