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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES <br />FEBRUARY 28, 2005 <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />Mayor Aplikowski stated Council had decided they were going to enter into this project and <br />they needed to approve this before they could get into the details ofthe financing. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark noted the public financing plan draft would be available on the City's website on <br />Wednesday. <br /> <br />Mr. Benson believed the residents needed to be more informed about this and that it be made <br />clear that this development would cost the current residents of the City money. <br /> <br />Ms. Wolfe stated there was a draft financing policy that would be available both on the web site <br />and also available to the public at City Hall. She indicated there was also going to be a meeting <br />held on March 16 to discuss the financing policy. She noted this financing policy was a draft <br />policy only. She stated there had been a press release in three papers that this was going to be <br />considered tonight and that the vision was on the wehsite or they could come to City Hall to <br />obtain copies. <br /> <br />Mayor Aplikowski asked Councilmemher Grant how he would propose that they get the <br />information out to people. Councilmember Grant replied it should be placed in the <br />Shoreview/ Arden Hills Bulletin, or the utility bills, or the Arden Hills Notes. <br /> <br />Ms. Wolfe stated she would need to check with the papers to see when their publishing deadlines <br />were. She stated staff had drafted a TCAAP update newsletter insert to be placed in the Arden <br />Hills Notes, but she was concerned it would not allow for sufficient time for the first meeting in <br />March. <br /> <br />Couucilmember Holden asked if they wanted to send out a special mailing. <br /> <br />Couucilmember Larson stated he believed this step needed to be unanimous and if there were <br />members that were not ready to vote on this, they needed to table this. He noted this was only a <br />vision and the detailed plans came after this, including detailed costs. He noted they should look <br />at this in the same way that they look at pavement management plans and they needed to keep <br />that in mind. He indicated he did not view this as the final plan. He indicated he believed the <br />City had done a good job of keeping the residents informed about the TCAAP development, but <br />he would not oppose tabling this. He noted it was not possible at this time to have a very <br />detailed plan and they needed this first step before they could get that level of detail. He <br />indicated at some point they would discuss detail and they should not be seeking detail now. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden noted maybe people had become "numb" and indifferent to TCAAP <br />because they had seen it so many times. She stated maybe they have over communicated <br />TCAAP to the residents. She indicated she needed to know what the public cost was going to be. <br /> <br />Councilmember Grant stated when there was a pavement management program, they mailed a <br />letter to everyone affected. He noted this was probably the largest project the City would ever <br />do. He stated there was no way they could go down to a level of detail at this time and this was a <br />