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Roll call was taken. Motion passed by a 3-2 vote. Mayer moved that Council appoint Chuck Sisk to meet with the Chamber to see if some mutual accommodation on the "Austin House" could be negotiated. Seconded by Hornbostel. Davidson asked Carol Lathrop, on behalf of the Chamber, if she would meet with Sisk on the issue. Carol Lathrop agreed. Ail in favor. Sackett: I have worked to try and bring the Chamber and the City together. I tried to help to get the bond issue passed. The Chamber did not take an official or unofficial stand against the bond issue. Some people within the Chamber had genuine opinions that they felt that it would not be in the City's best interest to do that. I'm sure that the City needs to expand. When the City bought the property, my thoughts were that some day the City would actually add on to this building. The house is so small that you're not going to be able to add much space. What's significant here is that we have the Chamber and the City working together. If we really think that we'll build and we really want to build, that's a totally different story. I would support the City for that. But, just to use the house, you're talking two (2) or three (3) people at most. Think about the symbolism here. You should give credit to many of the Chamber members who have tried to give some signals that we're trying to forge a better relationship. Not always look to one (1) or two (2) incidents of people unofficially acting. So far the Chamber, as an organization, is trying to act in another way in this regard. Davidson: As a point of clarification, I don't think any member of the Council intended to say that the Chamber 9