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I I I I I I I nothing to offer the City, but if there is a compromise east of Armstrong Boulevard would have some options to discuss. Mayor Gamec stated that he wants to make sure that the City gets the bridge cro~' Councilmember Hendriksen replied that making the statement that if the station they will lose the bridge is false. He questioned if the Council is most of the industrial area for a North Star Corridor station when to be a lot of"rooftops". give up Councilmember Anderson stated that she is interested in the She stated that she does not see a problem with adding opportunity grant. and the is tied to the Ms. Steffen explained that the opportunity grant is simply a '~ will present the City with their idea of how to develop the 100 acres and City will conduct a public hearing to get the opinion of the residents. The uire that the development has to occur as presented Cal Thorp. Ms. Steffen complete all of the outstanding of the opportunity grant site, and for that site. Councilmember Zimmerman stated time to study where the North Star corridor station should be loc~i~td~ to any one location at this time. Mayor Gamec i2quired as to what the City nbeded to do to hold section 29. Ms. Steffen rephed that she was unable to ansv~!~f~:question. CouriL-ilrfiembbr Hendriks~n'skated, that it m~l~ihe most sense to him to place the North Star Corridor stati~)n in the'x, icinitY 0f H.i ~gh, ~wa~ Jr1'0 and the river bridge crossing. The other alternatives are significhntly less desirat;f~'?{o hi.m. ~ ,::,,7,'~; ..... '~{ty~ Administrator N0rman-·not~a that he met with North Star Corridor staff and indicated that the City Would be formally requesting that the station be moved to the west and the North Star staff indicated' that they wduld' be willing to work with the City. Mayor Gamec inquired if the City needed to have the Comprehensive Plan completed before the opportunity gr ,apt is completed. .: ?Ms. Steffen repiied yes. The opportunity grant was contingent upon an approved Comprehensive Plan. City Council/January 23, 2001 Page 5 of 10 -77-