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ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FEBRUARY 28,2005 4 . 6. NEW BUSINESS A. Citv Council/Citv Staff Retreat Overview Mr. Prosser, Ehlers & Associates, gave an overview to the City Council regarding the City's 2005 Strategic Plan and the action steps needed to implement the document. B. Resolution #05-25 Acceotinl! the TCAAP Framework Vision Mr. Clark stated this item was completed by the TCAAP Master Planning Advisory Panel in January, reviewed with a recommendation of approval by the Planning Commission on February 2, 2005 and then reviewed by the Council on February 14, 2005. At the Council meeting, a series of recommendations were made to relabel parts of the Framework Vision. Council directed staff to place this item on the February 28,2005 agenda for action. The resolution to be acted on by the Council contains the rationale and need for the City to have an accepted Framework Vision in order for the TCAAP process to continue. Mayor Aplikowski invited the public to comment. David McClung, 4370 North Snelling Avenue, stated he had sent a letter to the Council yesterday and he was here tonight to recommend tabling any acceptance of this framework plan. . He stated there were a lot of open questions, such as access issues. He believed there were a lot of issues and while it was an interesting concept and appeared to fit the developable land, he wanted the Council to look at all of the potential options in terms of developing this land. He indicated the City had never been given any competing visions for this site. He stated there was very little input from the Master Advisory panel and they only saw four options which were relatively the same plan. He indicated he would like to see four totally different plans. He stated he believed Council should be disappointed that they only have one option. He noted this looked like a plan and not a vision. He stated he did not see Council making any major changes to this vision. He asked how the City would finance this and that there were very legitimate financial risks to the City and the residents. He stated Council was not getting options and this was important. He did not believe enough had been done communicating to the residents of the City as to this development. He stated he did not have enough information to approve of this. He indicated they needed to educate the public more and get more input from the public. He asked them to hold this until they had a further discussion regarding the public subsidization plan. John Benson, 3329 Katie Lane, stated he was concerned about the subsidization by the public. He noted if nothing was ever done with this property, it would not cost the City anything, but ifit is developed, he believed the developers should handle all of the costs and reap all of the profits and leave the City out of it. Lyle Salmela, I480 Arden Vista Court, stated he was a member of both the Master Plan Group and Restoration Advisory Board. He stated he had lived in the area for 31 years and indicated he . had worked in the environmental area for over 30 years and his experience told him that any pollution on the TCAAP site was very manageable. He stated they could use this as a nationwide