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first class city, you have to have first class people working for • you. If you are going to spend 5, 10, $20,000 to find a police chief, and if he knows his chance of getting a pay raise every one, two, or three years are kind of low, you might not get the best, Like Mounds View is looking for. Sherry Gunn, 8120 Railroad Court. Ms. Gunn mentions about the Mermaid deal. Ms. Gunn would hate to see it "fall through the cracks" and disappear. It has been mentioned that they are getting a free gift. Ms. Gunn does not agree with this. They are in a tough district already. They have put their money into the pot. This money has built us a wonderful community and we have used tiff money to bring in companies outside to build here. I think we should seriously look at giving them their tiff money to put this deal through and keep them there, and to expand their business and open it up to bring in more jobs for our community, cleaning up that corner. A nice hotel. As far as it being competition for banquet, I don't see it. It is going to be two Mounds View City Council January 25, 1999 Page 5 . different clienteles. Our room is smaller, their room is going to be bigger and probably more expensive. We are going to have more weddings, they are going to have more business, seminars, etc. As far as direct competition, I don't see that being a threat to our community. Mayor Coughlin added he met this morning with John the developer that is working on that and we discussed elements both of the financing packet from his perspective and the project at large. It is certainly still being discussed and hopefully all parties can come to some sort of agreement and move forward with it. It is going to be an ongoing thing. Item 9A. First reading of ordinance 626, relating to changing the planning commission membership to nine members, amending chapter 401.02, subparagraph one, Mounds View Municipal Code. Carrie Schmidt stated: In planning the review of the membership of the commission, it was determined that we currently have the option in our code of having seven to nine members on the planning commission, as discussed at the prior Council meeting work session. Council and staff said it would be in the best interest to solidify this number into nine, so there is no confusion about whether or not we have any vacancies or not. So you have in front of you an ordinance relating to changing the municipal code from having seven members to nine members on the