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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - JUNE II, 2007 3 asked if this improvement was for the future TCAAP residents. He asked the Council to do what was best of the resident ofthe City. Paul Weber, 1517 Arden Hills Court, expressed concern about the number of stop lights being proposed. Chris Vosbeek, 1553 Briarknoll Drive, stated he was concerned about the entire issue. He believed things needed to be coordinated and not just look at individual pieces. He asked Council to look at the broader picture and determine how much more development they could handle. He asked the Council to keep in mind what was best for the current residents of Arden Hills also. Pat Haick, 1550 Briarknoll Circle, stated he was strongly opposed to the redesign as it currently stood for Highway 10/96. He believed there were a lot of issues that needed further discussion. He asked Council to slow the process down. He stated the community was not ready to move forward on this. He noted there was considerable opposition and there needed to be a greater and more public debate. He noted he was in the process of putting together a petition in opposition and when he went around, he found out that a lot of the residents did not know what was going on. He recommended they have meetings where there was discussion and debate the topic and not only take the questions down. He stated he was troubled by the rush to meet a County deadline. He indicated this was important enough that they should not be doing something on someone else's timetable. He urged Council to hold off and have further meetings with the public. He believed Arden Hills was attempting to solve MnDOT's problems on the backs of the current residents. He believed the City had to take a stronger stance with MnDOT and force the issue. Councilmember Holden asked how the City could reach the citizens when this issue had been in the City Newsletter and newspapers. Mr. Haick noted they had a good turnout at the April 2 meeting, but the issue was that there was no debate. He suggested before they vote on it, they have a meeting outlining what they were prepared to go forward with to see if the residents were or were not in favor of it. Mayor Harpstead stated he appreciated the input received and noted this was a tremendously complex issue with a lot of things tied together. He noted they had to deal with multiple inputs at the same time. He stated they would weigh out the overall picture as best they could as decisions were made. Councilmember Grant stated the meeting on June 19 is to deal with the residents of Arden Manor, but all residents were invited to attend all open meetings. He noted the reason for the June 19 meeting was because in the current design some of the homes in Arden Manor would be impacted. He stated he has been for eliminating truck traffic off of Highway 10, but noted Highway 10 was a State highway and the City was not the jurisdiction that controlled it, but there were improvements being proposed and the City did have some negotiation leverage with respect to this. He stated he would like to see some type of "grooving" on Highway 10, which he