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. . . ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FEBRUARY 28, 2005 5 unique opportunity because of its location and its resources. He stated they needed to consider tbe National Guard as a good neighbor. He indicated they had excellent recreational opportunities, including use by amateur sports groups. He complimented the Council and staff on what they have done. He indicated he believed everything had been covered and be did not know how much studying was needed and they needed to start some place and to delay this any longer, would just set tbis back. He stated any concerns brought forward tonight could be resolved. Mayor Aplikowski noted they needed this step to go into the next step and the Planning Commission had approved the Framework Vision 5 to 1. Councilmember Larson agreed this was another important step in tbe development of TCAAP. He stated it had always been anticipated the TCAAP would be developed, but it had taken a long, long time to get to this point. He stated the status quo would not remain, whether the City developed it or someone else developed it, it would be developed and be wanted the City to be able to control its own destiny. He noted this vision and the Vento Plan were very similar, but this vision had been more refined. He believed tbe word vision was very appropriate for tbis development. He stated he did not expect it would look like this framework in the end and it would change over the 20 year period, but they had to start somewhere in tbe planning process. He indicated be was not concerned that tbis was the option tbe Advisory Committee brougbt forward because the Vento plan had been around for many years, but tbis version was now more detailed. He stated there would be an opportunity to discuss public financing in the future. He noted they had a group of consultants wbo were working witb them regarding tbe public financing options. He stated it was not possible to develop this land without public financing. He indicated he would support this Resolution. Mayor Aplikowski noted from the beginning it had always been planned tbat TCAAP would be a mixed use development. She stated this fit with Arden Hills because the City was also a mixed use. She stated the options presented were valid options. She noted from the beginning they did not want big box retail or rows and rows of town homes, whicb helped them refine what they did want. She believed tbis was a compilation of a lot of pieces put together over many months. She stated she would like to keep tbe water feature presented in the vision. Sbe noted they were working on a road connecting to County Road 1. She stated tbis vision at least had some planning and she was in favor of approving this Resolution to proceed onto tbe next step as soon as possible. Councilmember Grant stated wbat they were looking at was tbe final stage of Phase III, whicb had taken two years to get to. He stated this vision included a lot of features oftbe Vento Plan and was a good plan. He noted the Vento Plan was a lot larger development than wbat the City was doing. He believed tbe final result would look very similar to the Master Framework Vision witb very few minor changes. He stated he was concerned about tbe element of financial risk to tbe City and there will be a public review on Marcb 16 to look at public financing. He stated be did not want TCAAP to impact the residents. He stated there were many cost issues Council still needed to look at. He indicated this was an exciting plan. He stated he wanted the plan to be communicated to the residents and he was not sure tbat had happened yet. He stated as much as