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City Council Regular Meeting — 04/10/06 DRAFT Minutes - Page 23 they would be eventually seeking reimbursement from the City for those costs. Lee Schreurs, 3058 Wilder Street N Ms. Schreurs questioned how the Council could, in clear conscience, give approval to the developer to proceed without Watershed District approval for location of the roadway. At the request of Mayor Klausing, Mr. Krass responded to the questions of the public, and clarified the appraisal process and developer responsibilities. Mr. Krass noted that the developer had made offers, as well as further overtures, to the property owners, with no responses from those owners; estimated that approximately 25% of the offers had been determined to remain in escrow until further engineering studies and soil borings could ��termine the amount of contamination if any on each parcel; that no "shortcut" was being provided to the developer for construction of the roadway, and that the normal permitting process would need to be followed. Mr. Krass noted that two of the three parcels were currently vacant, and that no homes had been on the properties, that all were commercial properties. Councilmember Ihlan again opined that use of the condemned property for a roadway didn't necessarily mean it was a public use that justified use of Eminent Domain; and further opined that the City Council needed to make a policy decision related to Twin Lakes Parkway. Councilmember Ihlan presented and discussed use of the proposed parkway to serve the "big box" shopping center, which wouldn't be necessary for residential and/or mixed- use development; and would not necessitate moving substantial traffic from I-35W along the Parkway to connect with Fairview Avenue and greatly impact a residential neighborhood. Councilmember Ihlan demonstrated generated traffic comparisons; opined that the development was not a public benefit, but a public cost with no plan put in place to mitigate increased traffic; and Fitr�ly�r increased costs