At last night’s city council meeting, the council approved an amendment by Kermit Staggers to move the 2nd reading of the Walmart development to July 16, then a substitute motion was made to move it to August 6 (Erpenbach had some picnic or something to attend on July 16 so she wanted it moved). Sorry Walmart for the delay 🙁 The reason why Staggers asked for extra time is so the council and the SON group could review the traffic study. Jamison also wanted to use the time to study an alternative to Walmart at that development site;
“This is where it starts to get real, and I think we’ve got to come up with a better plan a better transition to this neighborhood and I’ll work hard to find a better alternative to that plan,†said councilor Greg Jamison before the vote to delay the second reading.
I know when I walked out of the council meeting last night, the developer who is attempting to broker the land deal didn’t look too happy, but of course he never does.
I addressed the council about representational government, residents (taxpayers/voters) and small business in Sioux Falls, and told them the reason they are asked to vote on this project, even though Walmart may have a legal right to be there, is because they need to represent their constituents, not Walmart.