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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 20, 2011 Page 22 In her further review of the JPA, Councilmember Pust noted that it indicates that GLWMO Commissioners could be compensated, and asked if they were. Mr. Miller advised that there was no compensation, that all were volunteer Com- missioners. Mayor Roe thanked the GLWMO Board for their presentation and expressed in- terest in the results of the task force. 11. Public Hearings 12. Business Items (Action Items) a. Consider Contract to Prepare Environmental Documentation for the Twin Lakes AUAR Subarea I Infrastructure Improvements City Engineer Debra Bloom provided a brief presentation on the request to hire a consultant to prepare environmental documentation for the Twin Lakes AUAR Subarea I Infrastructure Improvements; and provided a background for this re- quest as detailed in the RCA dated June 20, 2011. Ms. Bloom advised that the specific request was for acquisition of a 63,000 square foot right-of-way, with the estimated cost for that acquisition approximately $1 million, which had been funded through TIF balances and other grant sources, already acquired. In order to proceed, Ms. Bloom advised that necessary environmental documentation was required,thus the request as presented. Based on the receipt of three (3)proposals received, and under best value applications, staff recommended the consultant firm of SRF Consulting Group, Inc. in the amount of$18,566. City Manager Malinen commented that the acquisition of this right-of-way as highlighted by City Engineer Bloom would complete all of the right-of-way for the Twin Lakes Parkway, a significant accomplishment. Councilmember McGehee opined that the acquisition of this right-of-way did not represent a significant accomplishment, since the infrastructure had originally been planned out in 1985, and now thirty (30) years later, there were no plans to open up that roadway. Councilmember McGehee further opined that the commu- nity was continuing to await improvements in the economy and what could be de- veloped in the community to increase the City's tax base, and that in her consulta- tion with some of the landowners in the Twin Lakes area, this roadway would not be a big benefit to them or Roseville. Once built, Councilmember McGehee opined, the roadway would need to be supported by residents in paying for main- tenance, landscaping, snowplowing, and other expenses; basically for a roadway not going anywhere except to Fairview Avenue to the north, forcing more ex- penditures onto those residents living on Fairview Avenue to the north. Council- member McGehee opined that a better option would be that it open onto Snelling Avenue and that Fairview Avenue north of Terrace Drive be closed. Council-