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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br />April 9, 2019 <br />Page 9 <br /> <br /> 1 <br />Councilmember Jenson stated he had no report. 2 <br /> 3 <br />Mayor Faust stated he attended the meeting with Councilmember Stille on March 29, 2019, with 4 <br />Senator Laine. He stated that on March 27, 2019, he also had the opportunity to attend the 5 <br />service awards for the employees. 6 <br /> 7 <br />VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. 8 <br /> 9 <br />Mayor Faust invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council on items that 10 <br />are not on the regular agenda. 11 <br /> 12 <br />John Prokopiuk, 4018 Shamrock Drive, asked about the status of the empty Walmart “elephant.” 13 <br /> 14 <br />Mayor Faust explained that typically the Council doesn’t answer questions as part of the 15 <br />Community Forum. 16 <br /> 17 <br />Mr. Prokopiuk stated that it has been empty for a long time and would like to know if there were 18 <br />any plans for the area. 19 <br /> 20 <br />City Manager Casey stated that one of the actions that was taken as part of the Comprehensive 21 <br />Plan discussion was that the City amended the zoning to allow for the opportunity to have multi-22 <br />family within a commercial district. He stated that this change has brought the interest of some 23 <br />developers to the area. He stated that the property is not owned by the City and is completely 24 <br />privately owned. He reiterated that there is no concrete plan but there has been some interest 25 <br />expressed in the property. 26 <br /> 27 <br />Mayor Faust stated that the City’s goal is to get something in this location that creates economic 28 <br />activity but the City has to wait for someone to bring a plan before the Council. 29 <br /> 30 <br />Councilmember Stille stated that he also believes that there is a ground lease in place with 31 <br />Walmart until 2025. 32 <br /> 33 <br />Hearing no additional comment, Mayor Faust moved forward with the agenda. 34 <br /> 35 <br />IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. 36 <br /> 37 <br />Mayor Faust noted that the Village Notes came out on April 1, 2019. He stated that for the 38 <br />Mayors Water Challenge, if you go on the website to sign in, do not use “St.” for Saint, but spell 39 <br />it out in its entirety. 40 <br /> 41 <br />X. ADJOURNMENT. 42 <br /> 43 <br />Mayor Faust adjourned the April 8, 2019 meeting at 8:42 p.m. 44 <br /> 45 <br /> 46 <br />11