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Regular City Council Meeting 8s Executive Session Monday, March 23, 2009 Page 20 City Attorney Anderson noted that discussion of this issue had been held in Closed Executive Session and that this motion authorized offers as discussed for those specific properties. Pust moved, Johnson seconded, authorizing staff to proceed, as discussed and at the amounts discussed in Closed Executive Session, for acquisition of portions of property located at 2690, 2700, 2770 - 2800, at 2814 Cleveland Avenue; 1947 County Road C; and 2680 - 2690 Prior Avenue; excluding 2785 Fairview Avenue, for Road and Construction Purposes. Councilmember Ihlan advised that she was supportive of the motion for the properties, with the exception of 2785 Fairview Avenue; opining that acquisition of that parcel would be expensive, unnecessary and wasteful and would not be in the public's best interest. Roll Call Ayes: Pust; Ihlan; Johnson; Roe; and Klausing. Nays: None. Mayor Klausing was preparing to adjourn the meeting at 10:02 p.m.; but allowed a resident to speak to the matter. Dick Houck, 1131 Roselawn Mr. Houck opined that this was an inappropriate action at an inappropriate time, when taxpayers were losing their retirement incomes, jobs, and experiencing other financial difficulties in this economic situation. Mr. Houck opined that there was no purpose for this road construction without any developer interest at this time. Mr. Houck expressed his strong opposition to this action of the City Council. Councilmembers discussed the total cost of the construction for Phase I of this project; utilization of a DEED grant and TIF funds; including a portion reimbursed by Metropolitan Transit to facilitate the Park and Ride facility. 13. Business Items - Presentations/Discussions 14. Councilmember-Initiated Items for Future Meetings 16. Adjourn The meeting was adjourned at 10:06 p.m.