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ARDEN HILLS WORKSESSION MINUTES JANUARY 31, 2005 4 . Mayor Aplikowski asked if Council is Councilmember Larsou replied yes. Councilmember Grant replied maybe. still on the same page to move forward. Councilmember Holden replied maybe. Mayor ApIikowski asked what more would they need or who else would they want to talk with to make them more comfortable. Councilmember Grant stated it would be helpful to see the EDC's recommendations, but he noted this Council had not been through anything like this in the past, so it was difficult to know what they should be looking for. Mr. Inman replied they would try to come up with a comprehensive list for the Council. Mayor Aplikowski asked if it would be helpful to review the current TIF districts. Councilmember Holden replied she did not believe that would be helpful for her. Councilmernber Larson stated what would happen if the Council decided they did not want to pursue public financing. He asked what would happen with the property. Mr. Inman replied if the City could not get enough TlF or grant money, there was a chance this would not develop there. Councilmember Larson stated they could not look to a developer to do what the City does not . want to do such as the utilities and street infrastructure. Mr. Inman replied the developers may not be able to finance all the infrastructure and they would need City assistance for this. Mr. Clark stated it appeared the goal of the City was to clean the property and design the best plan they could. He indicated there were a lot of costs out there in addition to what they wanted to achieve. He asked how aggressive did the City want to be. Councilmember Grant asked if they would even have this as average because he believed they needed to offer something better to overcome the stigma of the site. Mayor Aplikowski stated they had spent a lot oftime coming up with a large, high quality plan, that they wanted to stay as close to that high quality as they could and this was one of the tools that would allow them to do this, so it was important if any CouIlcilmembers have any reservations or any questions, that they express those now. Mr. Inman suggested they get the list together and then have another meeting with Council for further questions. Mr. Clark asked if they wanted another discussion on the framework plan prior to sending it back to the Council for action. Councilmember Holden stated she had questions regarding the community center and the transportation hub. .