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Mounds View City Council November 14, 1983 Regular Meeting Page Eleven into a scrap of paper, and cutting it to shreds. He added it has been suggested whether the Council consider if the development is in the best interest of the City, and asked what evidence there is that this would be in the best interest of the City. He added that he does not feel that what has been pro- posed is in the best interest of the ordinance. He added it should remain the way it is until the ordinance is changed. He stated that at one time it was possible for naive Council members to take the position that development was in the best interest of the City, but that only fools on the Council could automatically assume every development was in the best interest of the City. He added they should learn more about what a developer is proposing before putting a stamp of approval on wholesale gutting out of the ordinance. Councilmember Hankner replied the Council cannot take the opinion of naive residents who portray themselves as experts. She stated she has spoken to all who are involved in the reports, and the most tangible evidence is what is presented in the Braun report, and that while it might be a bit more liberal than the others, it would not compromise the ordinance. Mayor McCarty stated he would not allow emotions to get carried away and would use his gavel as necessary. Councilmember Blanchard expressed her displeasure at the character assasination from the audience. Jim Miller pointed out the Barr Engineering wetland alteration permit application clearly stated in a detailed manner what the developer plans to do, and most of the people involved understand the development they are attempting to set forth. He added that the Planning Commission and City Council had asked that a conceptual development plan on Phase II of the rest of the property be provided, which has been extensively detailed for them. Mr. Miller stated that as where the experts draw the is in concurrence with the Barr identification of the development proposal, and totally committed to ident boundries. far as the difference in lines, Barr Engineering Braun report, and the wetlands was part of the the Braun report was ifying the wetland Mr. Miller stated that there are a number of places where the ordinance is open minded enough to set the criteria with the wording "as determined by the City Council", and the ordinance gives the Council the credit they are due in understanding the concepts that are put in front of them.