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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 the 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 he did not know how much studying was needed and they needed to start some place and to delay this any longer, would just set this back. He stated any concerns brought forward tonight could be resolved. Mayor Aplikowski noted they needed this step to go onto the next step and the Planning Commission had unanimously approved the Framework Vision. Councilmember Larson agreed this was another important step in the development of TCAAP. He stated it had always been anticipated thc 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 he 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 the word vision was very appropriate for this 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 the planning process. He indicated he was not concerned that this was the option the Advisory Committee brought forward because the Vento plan had been around for many years, but this 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 who were working with them regarding the 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 that 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, which helped them refine what they did want. She believed this was a compilation of a lot of pieces put together over many months. She stated she would like to keep the water feature presented in the vision. She noted they were working on a road connecting to County Road I. She stated this vision at least had some planning and she was in favor of approving this Resolution to proceed onto the next step as soon as possible. Councilmember Grant stated what they were looking at was the final stage of Phase Ill, which had taken two years to get to. He stated this vision included a lot of features of the Vento Plan and was a good plan. He noted the Vento Plan was a lot larger development than what the City was doing. He believed the final resnlt would look very similar to the Master Framework Vision with very few minor changes. He stated he was concerned about the element of financial risk to the City and there will be a public review on March 16 to look at public financing. He stated he 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 that had happened yet. He stated as much as