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Acting Mayor Murphy suggested the City Council start discussing the application. Lorraine Kaley, 1395 Brown Road, stated she lives on that corner and would invite people to visit that corner to see what the traffic is like, particularly with people parking to access the trail. Acting Mayor Murphy noted the City Council has discusses those issues with Hennepin County and that a lot of work needs to be done to address that situation. Acting Mayor Murphy closed the public hearing at 8:53 p. (4. #10-3442 THE EMILYPROGRAM, 2180NO.1ff SHORE D E, Continued) Bremer stated she was happy to see a large number rest�a_tits turn nut for the meeting tonight and that there is a balance to determining whether additional information i *gulled and takingactiono t an application. Bremer commented they likely will not know the impact on th ealestat market or the traffic conditions simply because there are a number of other variables that o ,ld come into play. Bremer indicated she is supportive of The Emily Program. ased On her own esearch,everything she has learned about the program has been positive. Brewercoin ented that she wtsl;:the property was larger and that the intersection of County Roads 51 and 15, better. Bremer pointed out that this is the property that is being considered and that the City Council has to dell with application as it'is presented to them. The City Council,however,owes the applicant a fairshake as the through the process. Bremer recommended the application be tabled tons t because,04e,in her view it is important that Mayor White should be here to provide input into the matt based .n his experience in doing real estate development for a living. Bremer indicated the s ` reason fo endin the application be tabled is that she also shares in some of the concerns that were raised tonight goer commented she would be remiss if she did not step back and think about the Lon g implications of this -rty. Bremer noted she is not that concerned about the finances and some ";th other ssues raised,but t at she would like to work with Staff to develop a list of additional information that shoo submitted. Bremer is fey and that the ty awes it to veryone to figure out if there a legal way that the City c s or whe 'they should do 7 City Cuncil does not do anyone a favor if the council goe httoti application half redly or with partial information. Bremer noted this is a complicated issue ail that it would be nicedo it in incremental steps but pointed out that a business probably would not'be tiling to enter into a lo r commitment if there are not some guarantees that they will be able to operate`the business for longer than 12 months. Brewer commented that she hopes the City Council will wok diligently to find the applicant a different location if thts;lcatton does network out,but that she does of feel Snyder's or another commercial office building a o loc i isg € Brewer indicated she is not aw e of anyone else that has expressed interest in the property, and that the o the property has the right to ell his property to someone who wants to buy it. Bremer pointed out that in the event the property does sell,t e use of the building will likely change. Mattick stated the City is not able to put a sunset provision i to a conditional use permit, and because the City does not have the ability to issue an interim conditional use ermit,the applicant has agreed to withdraw their conditional use permit should they ever vacate the property. Mattick stated in his opinion he does not feel an interim use permit would be difficult to implement as a city rdinance but that it would take some discussion with the applicant on how to incorporate that into this applic tion. Mattick noted the creation of an interim use permit would require a code amendment. Bremer asked if other communities have interim use permits.