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will say.just keep irc lilac thel'e mad hail'will say not to. It will be up to this Council to decide if they arc going to be a developing City. They have already made that decision and now they need to move {brwarct. Councilmeml>cr Strommen stated what she is suggesting would merely be an initial public hearing to let people know what th~'~ stages of the process will be and what it will look like, and then to simply gel value statements: With the City Hall they polled the area and asked for input, which gave tl~cm ih¢ir value states, tents. After going to these residents and asking what things are important to th,Ar community, tl;ey can then take that and go through the process. Councilmcmbor E!vig stated he is .:zoncerned if they open this up there we will be the issue of whether people w:mt to extcml th(' MUSA. The City should have a plan that says what they anticipate doing. We have a Park l~oard that has been working on this. He is not against public input, but they shot~ld have tools in !i'o~t of people so they can start to visualize. Councilmcmbcr K tu'ak questioned v/hat kind of tools Councilmember Elvig is refen'ing to. Cotu~cihnclnbct- f!)vig replied the (:ity has a greenway plan that is laid out and a feasibility plan of sower and pipe. Coulmilmcmbcr Stmmme~ stated p :opic are not going to react to a feasibility study. Finding out what val uts arc important to the col rm~mity would be another tool to blend into the plan. Counci[mcmbcr K tu'ak questio~ed why title work is being discussed tonight. She stated the price tag has now risen to over $300,000 aftc:r adding up all the Tinklenberg work and she cannot vote For that tonight. This is way over tl}e top and is causing a rift in the Council. She suggested this be done mom on a gradual basis so othr,'r things can be addressed as it goes along. She noted The Tinklcnbcrg (h'oup is asking tbr $8(i,?00 for appraisers and asked if they are qualified appraisers. Assistant Public Works Olson replied The Tinklenberg Group would hire out residential appraisers. Counci hncmbcr K~trak suggested the discussion be reduced to what needs to be acted on tonight to move this along. Assistant Public Works Director exl)lained the estimate of Bolton and Menk was discussed in the weeldy update ~t a cost of approximately $800,000 to one million dollars for design work, which docs not inch. ldo th~ Tinklcnbcrg Group. He indicated there are some things they could move on. Councilmembcr Km*ak questioned if these figures are included in the original feasibility study all~Oltl]l. Assistant Public; W,)rks Director Ol~;o~t cesponded in the affirmative. ('ity Council/May 11, 2004 Page 30 of 36