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ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OCTOBER 11, 2005 6 . 7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. TCAAP Update Ms. Wolfe stated amended instructions were sent to the two appraisers instructing each ofthem to appraise the excess property two ways, including wildlife corridor and proposed athletic field complex, and also appraising it not including those two areas. She stated they have set forth a proposed timeline for the appraisals on the City's side and she is waiting to hear back from the GSA as to their proposal for a timeline. She stated the City had proposed a month's time to complete this. She noted there has been a meeting scheduled at the end of November to discuss the Response Action Agreement. She stated they anticipated a discussion in the near future as to whether they should start moving forward with an interim agreement with the development team. Councilmember Holden asked if both appraisers would assume an access to the north and how would that play into the appraisal process. Ms. Wolfe stated it was discussed at great length, so she believes both appraisers are aware that currently there is no access from the north, and how they incorporate this into their appraisals, would depend on them. She noted this would be subject to negotiation if they were substantially different. . Mayor Aplikowski stated she had received some comments from residents as to why the Council had "dropped the ball a little bit on tbis". She asked if they should start introducing more discussions on this. Councilmember Larson stated he agreed they had lost some momentum and he did not see any good argument for not trying to move forward on some discussions now. He stated if development density was going to be an issue, they should discuss this. Mayor Aplikowski requested staff try to schedule a work session meeting for this type of a discussion between now and the first part of next year. Ms. Wolfe stated part of the discussion was on the work session agenda next week. Councilmember Rem stated they could get the public more informed as to where things are, what stagc they were at, as well as what came next. She suggested a couple of paragraphs in the City's newsletter as an update. Councilmembcr Grant stated they needed to set the expectations and remind people that they were dealing with governmental agencies at the Federal level, which are not known to move very quickly. He stated at this juncture, they not need to discuss densities, but rathcr focus on some of the basics, such as the appraisal process and coming to temlS with some of the larger items (i.e. pricc, access to Primer Tracer, how the Primer Tracer would be used, how things would be turned over to the City, etc.). . Councilmember Larson agreed they needed to make more progress on either turning around thc Primer Tracer area or getting access. - --