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. . . , the Council at this time. Any comments or questions? . COUNCILMAN HOLLENHORST: a couple of meetings ago and the road and in favor of the I made my feelings on this known indicated that I was opposed to cul-de-sac. MAYOR WOODBURN: Do you have any questions or comments on specific things? COUNCILMAN HOLLENHORST: No. MAYOR WOODBURN: COuncilman McAllister? COUNCILMAN McALLISTER: Yes, your Honor. I guess I'd like some clarification. I don't think it's fair to go ahead and approve this when Marcel can't afford the assessments. I think we have some things to straighten out on that. I, too, opposed the road through the park until I began thinking about Grey Fox Road, where it was so obvious to me that we should make that connection. If we make that connection, by the same token I think we should make this connection just from an engineering point of view. Before I vote for a road through Floral Park, I would like to make clear in mind how we intend to pay for it. I'm not sure it's right to put the entire burden on Marcel, who doesn't really care if there's a road through the park or not. I would like to get that worked out. MAYOR WOODBURN: Councilman Johnson, do you have any comments or questions? . COUNCILMAN JOHNSON: Yes. Where do I start? I think there are people here that probably feel I've made up my mind and am ready to push the road through, and I'm probably still in favor of the road, but I think you're here tonight to hear why. You deserve to know why some of these things - how we arrive at it. Believe me" it doesn't come easy. I'd like to address a few things here. First of all, I'd like to address some planning history that's gone on in Arden Hills. I think newer residents deserve to know it. I was twelve years on the Planning Commission watching a lot of this planning go through, with many frustrations - primarily the frustration that we weren't making the connections from Hamline to Snelling that we really wanted because of the individual developments. If you were to go back to the state aid maps of 1971, you would find that Floral Road was projected to go through and connect to Snelling. It was a state aid road. If you were to go to 1975 planning maps, you'd find that Floral Road was still in- tended to connect through to Snelling Avenue. If you were to go to the comprehensive plan of 1976 and the state aid map, it was still there. There have been many of you that have lived here long before 1976. Then we came up with a comprehensive plan wherein, under the transportation portion of it, it read, for thoroughfare systems - the City will encourage new develop- ment to provide (inaudible) streets, which are sensitive to 29