Um I would probably need to defer to the applicant on which ones uh they were looking at. Some of them are very similar. I would say the mixed juice general and mixed juice center uh are pretty close in terms of the kinds of uses that are permitted in each one. Generally speaking, you anticipate larger developments uh maybe uh you know like power centers and things like that in a a mixeduse general development. Um I think the M uh mixeduse central is is is uh utilized more or less um closer to transit areas and and um and uh along uh uh significant transportation corridors. So um this is what the applicant requested is the MXC zone. uh we do feel that it it fits just perfectly or fine uh with with our comprehensive plan and what our uh plans are.

Well, if you look at this [clears throat] slide that you have on the screen here in our little brown that little brown rectangle is our our location and then you look at the hierarchy of these arterial streets around it. It really is more or less a lower intensity commercial district. other areas out here. I don't remember how far out the land use goes here actually because we're getting out quite a ways now. At the neighborhood meeting, we had people from rural vyron show up.

Um it would be to be walkable not only within the particular property or project uh but uh if there are other areas of mixed use transit supportive corridor we would want to make sure that the uses um that were there and the design of the development um reflected the uh pedestrian you know through pedestrian uh movement uh up and down the street. So, um, we would want to probably see more, uh, connections into into site plans, uh, from a pedestrian standpoint, um, and just a highly amenitized, uh, pedestrian environment, you know, things that that really help improve the, um, just the character of of the area, make it more comfortable for walking. Uh, just sort of that emphasis on on walking in general.

R3 is an appropriate zoning district within the underlying mixeduse transit supportive corridor land use classification in the city's comprehensive plan. The current zoning district of MXS and the proposed R3 are both conducive to the underlying land use. However, the reszone makes sense given the context of the development of the previous phases of this development and given the storm water retention pond across the street that is not likely to be redeveloped to complement the MXS style development.

Um it the um different zoning um zoning districts that the applicant looked at when um looking at the possibility of a reszoning. um R3 made the most sense since it would be um the most um conducive to the other zoning districts surrounding it. Um [snorts] and it allowed for enough intensity that they could still develop the way that they needed to.

Forte has done a great job bringing needed housing to uh our city and uh talking to resident groups or individuals. Uh they're very pleased with the work that Forte is doing. So I think this is a a great asset to our larger community.

I want to start by just sending out the message to folks that we we hear the public comments and the um conversation going on around how best to support businesses. And first and foremost, I want it to be heard that our team is is doing everything we can and stands ready to help support these businesses in every way that we are able to do that. That being said, it's important to add to this conversation that the city cannot simply give direct payments to any one business as part of these programs.

council president, council member, I do think it's really important to ground this discussion in what what Mr. Yzer was saying which is while we may want to be incredibly flexible with businesses, I think it has also created a situation where we are unable to meet the public purpose doctrine, the federal requirements and the part 200 requirements that we enter into when we accept $80 million worth of federal grants, the DMC uh statutory language that we have to abide by.

I'll just say, you know, as far as feedback, I would look to these businesses have been highly impacted. We're clearly unable to pay them directly, right? We're looking for other ways to support businesses. And I think looking at a 10% match, if that's an infeasible amount for a business to buy in just to get to August 27, right? I think we should find ways to more um you know flexibly support the business because margins are tight.

So when we did North Broadway, which was the largest project since flood control and we had about 110 businesses affected on that, um, did we learn anything from that? I mean, are we and and I'm I'm a little bit baffled by we have a consultant who who I'm assuming is trying to tell us ahead of time what they should be doing, but it sounds like they don't know what they're doing or they're learning at this time or and and to me it seems like we're halfway through a project or twothirds of the way through a project and now all of a sudden we're trying to figure out a project. I'm I'm confused by why all the confusion and I knew one business I talked to yesterday and I said, 'What are you what are you hearing?' nothing. They looked at me like I don't know what you're talking about. My business is down, but no one's come to me and they're on Second Street.

Yeah, again, I want to just start up just higher level here. Just want to acknowledge that, you know, we are in a later phase, but also that there we really shouldn't be sitting here surprised with these business impacts... I mean on scale compared to North Broadway, we did Peace Plaza and we had a lot of problems down there. So I just want to acknowledge that you know I I feel bad about where we're at with this. I think you know could have done better. But I'm also not sitting here shocked that we've had bad business impacts with it.

I'm prepared to support this uh this evening, but I share the concerns of of my colleagues that it seems like we're we're entering into this ball game uh in the ninth inning when we should have been there from the very beginning. And I am a little worried about um the lack of clarity that there seems to be about implementation going forward. I think uh President Schub addressed this as well as as council member Wall. So, I'm curious, um, if this is approved tonight, how quickly will that additional staff person be hired? Do you have a timeline?

The main goals of this project have been consistent throughout. One is to preserve um as much of the lake as possible and preserving most of the lake, improving flood passage, reducing long-term operation and maintenance costs, improve safety and accessibility, and then improve aquatic life habitat and enhance recreational opportunities. And we feel that the project as it sits today um that is is presented um meets all of those goals.

The US core of engineers document says because Silver Lake is too small, provides no flood storage right out of their document. This is the core saying this, not me.

It's the DNR that said that it wasn't us making it up. The DNR states the dams like we have the lowhead dam are the most dangerous types of dams out there because how the water gets churned up below there. It's hard for people to escape. Now, we've been lucky. We haven't had anybody die from that, you know, from that way. But a similar dam in northern Minnesota did have somebody drown too long ago because of that. there's somebody tried to commit suicide recently off that dam. So, it's still a dangerous dam.

This is a passive structure. There's no nothing to grease, nothing to exercise, nothing to go look at and make sure that it's operating. It's not rusted out. These are rocks. We're going to walk by after rain events and during annual inspections and see if anything's moved. If things move, we might have to go back and replace it. But ideally, it's just visual inspection after rain events, big rain events, and during annual inspections. There's not a lot of exercise or things we have to worry about. So, the maintenance is much lower than the current system.