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The City needs to make accommodations in that and staff ig supportive in that. Architecture and buffering will be addressed with the site plan. Cotmcihnember Kurak inquired who is responsible for the gateway landscape feature. Mr. McDonald replied Ramsey Town Center will be developing this portion of the landscaping. Deeding it back to the City has been considered because it is more symbolic of the City. Councihnember Kurak questioned if this would be part of the landscaping and park plan of Town Center, LLC if it is dedicated back to the City. Assistant Public Works Director Olson replied it is not part of the landscaping plan submitted as of yesterday. He would say it would be the responsibility of the developer that is constructing this corner to build it. He would be okay with the City taking it back and maintaining it, but it is not included in the landscaping plan that has been submitted by Ramsey Town Center, LLC. Councilmember Kurak questioned how this will be addressed. Assistant Public Works Director Olson replied it is not part of the financing package, nor part of the landscaping plan that has been submitted. Making the pond an aesthetic feature is not part of the plan either, although that has been a major point of discussion through this process. His intention is that it would be certain that this issue is resolved between Ramsey Town Center, LLC and Shi ngobee Builders prior to proposing a secondary development agreement. Mayor Galnec commented there are details to work out, and the real key is the concept and the idea. He likes the way the gas station is arranged and putting in stipulations so there is not a fi'eestanding station at another location. Councihnember Cook noted Ramsey Town Center, LLC is doing the preliminary grading so everything works on the whole site. They started over by the Pact School and are working their way across. To deal with that, the letter of credit keeps moving so they can do another phase. Thcre is now a development coming in on the east segment. They cannot get the whole thing graded so the whole master development works together. This is a concern if they are going to keep doing this in phases, as they will not be able to have everything graded properly when issues like this come up. They need to reevaluate the way they are handling this letter of credit. Assistant Public Works Director Olson replied that is why the surety is in place, so it can correct any preliminary grading that has occurred and pending that may need to be made, as well as the infi'astructure that needs to be put in place to accommodate these facilities. That is what protected the City from having to pay for all these improvements. He agrees that needs to be discussed relatively soon. Councihnember Elvig stated the streetscape plan is wonderful and asked if there have been any changes to the plan. City Council/May 11, 2004 Page 21 of 36