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that Planning session (Several Council members spoke very supportive of why we should be Residential - not E- listing the very same reasons why this makes sense as we had found out from Realist Agents, Bank Officers, Insurance Agents, Mortgage Company's and from friends we had outside the city. This without any contact from me) . There was no one who spoke against our petition nor raised or proposed any other possible Zoning category. The Council then passed a motion of support sending our petition to the Planning Commission and directing staff to act accordingly. The Planning Commission scheduled and held a hearing on our petition and then voted to support our petition to rezone as Residential. There was no disagreement on our petition issue presented by any persons present at the hearing or the actual Commission meeting nor was there any other possible Zone category propose or discussed. (The members even went so far right after the vote to agree to say how sorry they felt for all the trouble the we property owners had been put through and that they hoped that the Council members would agree also!) The motion of support of our Residential Zone petition then went to the City Council where a hearing was again scheduled. The Council hearing was held and again no persons rose to oppose our Zoning position nor propose or discus any other Zoning Category. Only one person rose to speak (This person had just recently purchased a home on the South side of Rivlyn Ave) and spoke passionately in favor of the Residential Zoning. I and the others who had submitted the petition did not rise because we had been assured that speaking again was not necessary beyond what we had presented at the original petition submission. The City Council Members then voted to accept the motion from the Planning Commission without discussing any other Zoning categories or possible options that might be applied to these properties. So, those of us at this City Council Planning session went home with the assurance of staff that we had done everything properly and that at the next Regular City Council meeting (August 26,2003) our issue would be on the agenda and should pass. We trusted this because, again 1 repeat, no other options or other Zone choices were presented to any of us to consider or to discuss. Now, we come to the Council meeting of August 26,2003. I and several others from Rivlyn Ave - both North and South side - arrived early and were again joined by representatives of the other properties South of Hwy. 10. During the meeting no staff, Attorney or Council Member talked with me or anyone else from our Rivlyn Ave issue. Mayor Gamec even went to call a recess for 15 minutes after the Council had discussed and decided to set up Council Meetings for September 2 and 4 - the only agenda item would be the Town Center Project and if things for the Town Center were not ready the meeting would be canceled. During this recess I and the others in attendance were not approach nor talked with by any Council Member or staff. Mayor Gamec reconvened the Council Meeting. The first item was the land on Riverdale and surprise, surprise, just after the discussion began, Councilmen Cook spoke up with the idea that this presently undeveloped land would be a possible good candidate for a designation of "Mixed Use ". After very little discussion of this versus the Planning Commissions motion of Residential or of splitting some of the property into E and the rest to Residential a motion to send this property to a future Council Planning Session to look at "Mixed Use" Zoning was made, seconded, and passed. Then came the property South of Hwy. 10 at the West Boundary of the City of Ramsey