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33 COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 22, 1994 PDO the neighborhood would have had some control over the density and that is what their entire object was. He said that it is a fact that the developer is asking for a PDO. Mr. Lyden said that words like disappointment or frustration do not come close to describing what he felt at the August 8, 1994 Council meeting. He said shock and horrified come close to describing how he felt when he saw the decision making process. Mr. Lyden said he feels that he and his neighbors have been branded as irrational or malcontents and this cannot be further from the truth. He said he has always been prepared to accept the full realities of Trappers Crossing. This issue for him and his neighbors has been one of policy procedure, due process, validity and credibility. He noted the MUSA changes and the rezoning procedures. Mr. Lyden explained that he is a teacher and his wife is a nurse and his neighbors are all very good, hard working people. He said he considers the City Council his neighbors too, but was not proud of them on August 8, 1994. Again Mr. Lyden said his issue is due process. On August 8, 1994, Mr. Lyden asked that Trappers Crossings be taken off the agenda because the Planning and Zoning Board had not reviewed that particular plat. The response he received was that the plat was a composite. Later Mr. Lyden called Mr. Brixius for an explanation of the word "composite". Mr. Brixius was not available and he spoke to another person at his office who did not know about a "composite". Mr. Lyden then called two (2) other credible engineering firms and asked them if they have ever heard of a "composite". Mr. Lyden gave the names of the persons he contacted. Neither had ever heard of "composite" as a legal, professional term. One of the persons he contacted suggested that Mr. Lyden check to see if the term is in the code book. The term is not in the City Code. He asked why the term is not in the book. Mayor Reinert said that Mr. Brixius will respond to this during the consideration of the Trappers Crossing rezone request. Mr. Lyden posted a map of Trappers Crossing onithe easel and noted that there are 28 lots on the northern portion of the plat and 87 on the southern portion of the map. He noted that apparently a "composite" is putting two (2) different preliminary plat together. Mr. Lyden said the he has checked and all 87 lots on the southern portion of the plat have changed since that particular preliminary plat was presented to the Planning and Zoning Board meeting. He said that the Planning and Zoning Board has never seen this revision and he felt that this is where he and his neighbors due process got "run over". Mr. Lyden said he wished he could say there was some mistake but believes that there was a conscious effort to undermine both the policy procedures and the due process of the citizens of Lino Lakes. He PAGE 4