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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,December 8, 2014 Page 33 that information was not included in the engineer's report. Since this is a devel- opment plan from years ago, Mr. Callaghan questioned whether it was still appro- priate; and opined that more discussion was needed to determine if this was the best design for the road, or whether there were ways to change it or at a minimum reconfirm that design in today's world rather than following a plan many years old. Mr. Callaghan opined that many developments in the city don't follow plans, and suggested postponing this until a detailed discussion of what was best in Twin Lake now before more expenses. Mr. Callaghan stated that he didn't expect to see any benefit to this whole development area within his lifetime; since over the last 27 years the City was still holding tax increment financing money while resi- dents were paying for all the support services that area received (e.g. snowplow- ing, and police/fire protection) and they weren't paying for anything. Mr. Calla- ghan opined that the City would end up with two local WalMarts, since they ini- tially indicated this was going to be a local store, but shortly after they had closed one in an adjacent community. Mr. Callaghan questioned how long this one would stay open, opining that WalMart's reputation was use the best tax ad- vantages available. Mr. Callaghan stated that the City needed to look at what they were doing before spending any more money; and personally saw no reason to do a lot of things that were being done. Jerry Stoner, 2866 Merrill Street Mr. Stoner advised that, during his discussion with Mr. Brokke during tonight's meeting, he had received answers to most of his questions. However, Mr. Stoner opined that the arc shown between Prior Avenue and Arthur Street was a disaster, and questioned what it would look like in ten years. Based on his conversation with Mr. Brokke, Mr. Stoner opined that the stormwater retention area was not ac- tually on park land. At first glance, Mr. Stoner opined that the road didn't look like a good thing for the park, but if proper buffering was done with Langton Lake, Mr. Stoner questioned if this could become a blueprint for buffering on oth- er sides of Langton Lake when developed. Mr. Stoner opined that it would be nice to see a good job done now to provide for that blueprint later on. Brook Tosi, 1766 Millwood Avenue Ms. Tosi expressed concern about more traffic being funneled to County Road C and Terrace Avenue, with traffic at the stoplight on County Road C already backed up. Ms. Tosi asked that further consideration be given to safety concerns, as well as echoing concerns raised by a previous speaker regarding the pond and runoff issues. Lisa McCormack,Wheeler Street Ms. McCormack expressed appreciation for other speakers' comments tonight. However, Ms. McCormack advised that her comments were with respect to the draft contract as presented, initially understanding that its purpose was to get con-