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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - June 30, 2008 31 preliminary design. It also tells the County that there isn't local support for the local access interchange and at some point the County will need to decide what their project looks like and what they are moving forward with in their preliminary design. Councilmember McClung stated that he will not support this Concept Plan for several reasons. One of those reasons is that the City has not dealt with affordable housing on the TCAAP property. Another reason is that the City is not clear in its stance on noise mitigation. He also stated that there have been no in depth meetings with Mn/DOT or the Commissioner to discuss a signalized intersection on the 10 diagonal in greater detail. He stated that there had to be more improvements that could be made to get a better alternative. Councilmember Grant stated that the project is going to happen, TCAAP is located where it is and it does need an interchange, there is going to be a loss of homes and it appears that there is going to be some noise. Council has spent countless hours looking at this trying to limit the impact. This is something that needs to move forward in the sense that people are unsure if they are impacted or not. He stated that he has always been concerned about the noise issue and this has not been addressed and this is why he is not going to support the motion. The Position Paper was clear relative to local access. He also stated that relative to the TCAAP access there are several issues that need to be addressed. Councilmember Holmes clarified that Councilmember Grant was not going to support this motion. She also stated that Arden Hills can not afford to pay for this interchange and Arden Hills is expecting to get the money from the State. She also stated that the City needed to get the preliminary design going in order for the City to talk to the State about funding. Mayor Harpstead stated that the City would not be able to seriously address the needs for the different funding that the City needs unless the next step is under way. He stated that this would acknowledge that there is going to be some local interchange and this is a concept that we are going to work around. With this the City can ask for specific support. Councilmember Holden clarified that the Concept Plan presented represented the worst case scenario. Mr. Mark Benson of SEH, stated that was the intent. They were using a conservative offset to generate a right of way line. He also stated that he could not guarantee this.