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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—March 10, 2008 15 It was the consensus of the Council to add Design Constraint #4 to address the at grade signalized intersection at the Highway 10 diagonal with access to TCAAP including wording about phasing. Councilmember Grant stated that a financial plan needs to go along with this. - Councilmember Holden stated that Mn/DOT was not planning to reuse part of the Highway 10 lanes that are there and the City had requested that they look at repaving these. However, this was not captured in the document. She stated that it could be included under Design Constraint #1 Mayor Harpstead stated that it would fit under Design Constraint #3, which deals with realignment. MOTION: Mayor Harpstead moved and Councilmember Holden seconded a motion to table Resolution No. 2008-020, Approving Preliminary Interstate 694, Highway 10 and County Road 96 project until the City Council Worksession on March 17, 2008. Councilmember Grant stated that Resolution No. 2008-020 could be ready for a vote on March 31, 2008. The motion carried unanimously (5-0). B. Approval of Resolution No. 2008-021,_Approvng Second Amendment to the Preliminary Development Agreement with RRLD, LLC. Interim City Administrator Willis stated the existing preliminary agreement with RRLD, LLC expires at the end of March. The agreement was approved last year with the expectation that the process would move forward more rapidly. He stated that it was proposed to extend the agreement for an additional year. The budget that was originally set up for this project still has approximately half the funds remaining so there would be no need to amend the budget at this time: there may be before the end of the next twelve months. MOTION: Councilmember Holden moved and Councilmember Grant seconded a motion to approve Resolution No. 2008-021, Approving Second Amendment to the Preliminary Development Agreement with RRLD, LLC. Councilmember Holden asked if there was a clause in the agreement that allowed the City to negotiate if there is a shortage of funding. Interim City Administrator Willis stated that if there was a need for additional funding then both parties have the opportunity and obligation to get together and discuss it. There will be a need to discuss a budget amendment in the future and the developer is aware if this.