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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 12, 2011 Page 31 ment addressed that payment option through a volunteer Development Agreement and other AUAR item mitigations or waiting until the infrastructure is in place. However, Mr. Trudgeon noted that the infrastructure improvements would most likely not take place without developer contributions to those improvements. At the request of Councilmember Johnson related to staff's development of crite- ria to determine infrastructure costs, Ms. Bloom advised that developers would come forward with their estimated costs. For the viewing audience, Councilmember Johnson asked that Ms. Bloom reite- rate what is being asked of developers. Ms. Bloom advised that as each new development proposal was submitted for re- view, it would be run through a model for distribution of network trips and im- provements indicated; then a review would be performed to develop actual net- work trips and the larger table for impacts on other improvements; with network trips assigned a cost, whether more or less intense than the base line. Ms. Bloom used the most recent development in Twin Lakes, the Metropolitan Transportation Park and Ride facility as an example; and referenced the traffic study done for that project, summarizing the process. Ms. Bloom noted that it was the intent to be as transparent as possible in providing trip costs and expected models for dis- tribution. Mr. Trudgeon noted that Councilmember Johnson raised a good point, that this was a lot of information to absorb, and while staff was attempting to do outreach with landowners throughout the process to keep them aware of these proposals, he recognized the need to continue that outreach; and encouraged questions as they came up. At the request of Councilmember Johnson on the general consensus of property owners, Mr. Trudgeon noted that property owners and developers had been wait- ing a long time, but continued to be concerned about any costs attributable to them, preferring no costs. However, Mr. Trudgeon noted that most of the proper- ty owners and developers recognized the big picture; and assured all that given today's market, every attempt was being made to minimize their costs; and ad- vised that this new methodology lowered their allotted costs from that of last year, opining that this was a step in the right direction from their point of view. In response to Councilmember Johnson's comments, Councilmember Pust recog- nized that, while property owners would prefer to pay nothing, the first in/last out scenario created a problem too. However, Councilmember Pust opined that this allocation methodology provided a benefit across the entire area with all realizing that benefit and creating a positive environment for them. Mayor Roe noted that, while all parcels benefited from public improvements, they also contributed to their wear and tear; and this allocation attempted to address