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• On July 20, 1999, the project was once again in front of the City Council and passed in concept of the project with a vote of 4-1, and directed the staff to proceed with the zoning, based on the Village Commission's recommendation. When asked, Mr. Dillerude, the City Planner, and Mr. Filla, the City Attorney stated that these matters can easily and quickly be accomplished. • In August we were requested to attend the August 17`' City Council Meeting due to the fact that some City Council members had some questions in regards to our project that were recorded in the July 20`h meeting minutes and would like our presence when this was discussed. Councilwoman Rosemary Armstrong stated at the August 17`h meeting that she was confused and didn't understand what she was voting for on July 20`' and wanted to change her vote, and stated that the City of Lake Elmo does not allow storage in our community. The vote was changed to 3-2, which still directed the City Administration to proceed with zoning options. The City does have storage in Lake Elmo. In fact, Councilwoman Armstrong has direct personal ties with the largest storage facility in Lake Elmo. I understand that her family's storage was grandfathered in, but so is ours, due to the fact that in the early 1900's our building was built for storage and has not changed it's function since that time. • In early September, we were informed by the City Administration that we needed to go back through the process all over again with the Planning Commission, pay $5,000 (which was reduced to $1,000) even though we had already gone through that route, received a 6-0 vote in favor of our project. When asked why we needed to do this, we were not given clear information to help us understand.