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opened, a vast majority love them & think they are both amazing facilities. I believe the same thing will happen with this project. You will have a vocal group <br />creating a uproar until it opens & the vast majority will love it. <br /> <br />Regarding tonight’s upcoming discussion about going back to voters with the previous project. I was completely in support of the previous project & think that it <br />was a better bang for the buck. My concerns with going back to voters are simply from a fiscal standpoint. Are we wasting all of the dollars that we have already <br />spent getting to point where we are at now on the current project? How will going back to the voters for the previous project affect the school district as well as <br />the city from a fiscal standpoint regarding their upcoming high school projects if another vote would fail? The school district has their parking lot project slated <br />for 2019 & football stadium project in 2020. If a referendum would fail again & the current project is resurrected for a 2019 build, how would that effect both of <br />those projects from a fiscal as well as need standpoint. The school district is a taxpayer entity as well & I really believe that needs to be taken into account. <br /> <br />Lastly, I was born & raised in the Mankato area & I have seen what they have done in the City of New Ulm, a town with approximately 10,000 fewer residents <br />than the City of Elk River. I believe that Elk River should be moving on a forward path, not being provincial & being on a neutral or even reverse path. In my <br />opinion, previous councils have kicked this can down the road for years. I completely believe this project moves the City of Elk River forward. I also completely <br />understand that this is a tough controversial project but I believe this council has the foresight as well as the fortitude to proceed ahead & move Elk River forward. <br /> <br />Thank You for your service to our city <br /> <br />2 <br />