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will say just keep the line there and half will say not to. It will be up to this Council to decide if <br />they are going to be a developing City. They have already made that decision and now they need <br />to move forward. <br /> <br />Councilmember Strommen stated what she is suggesting would merely be an initial public <br />hearing to let people know what the stages of the process will be and what it will look like, and <br />then to simply get value statements. With the City Hall they polled the area and asked for input, <br />which gave them their value statements. After going to these residents and asking what things <br />are important to their community, they can then take that and go through the process. <br /> <br />Councilmember Elvig stated he is concerned if they open this up there we will be the issue of <br />whether people want to extend the MUSA.. The City should have a plan that says what they <br />anticipate doing. We have a Park Board that has been working on this. He is not against public <br />input, but they should hav~ tools in front of people so they can start to visualize. <br /> <br />Councilmember Kurak questioned what kind of tc;ols Councilmember Elvig is referring to. <br /> <br />Councilmember Elvig replied the City has a greenway plan that is laid out and a feasibility plan <br />of sewer and pipe. <br /> <br />Councilmember Strommen stated people are not going to react to a feasibility study. Finding out <br />what values are important to the community would be another tool to blend into the plan. <br /> <br />Councilmember Kurak questioned why title work is being discussed tonight. She stated the price <br />tag has now risen to over $300,000 after adding up all the Tinklenberg work and she cannot vote <br />for that tonight. This is way over the top and is causing a rift in the Council. She suggested this <br />be done more on a gradual basis so other things can be addressed as it goes along. She noted The <br />Tinklenberg Group is asking for $80,700 for appraisers and asked if they are qualified appraisers. <br /> <br />Assistant Public Works Olson replied The Tinklenberg Group would hire out residential <br />appraisers. <br /> <br />Councilmember Kurak suggested the discussion be reduced to what needs to be acted on tonight <br />to move this along. <br /> <br />Assistant Public Works Director explained the estimate of Bolton and Menk was discussed in the <br />weekly, update at a cost of approximately $800,000 to one million dollars for design work, which <br />does not include the Tinklenberg Group. He indicated there are some things they could move on. <br /> <br />Councilmember Kurak questioned if these figures are included in the original feasibility study <br />amount. <br /> <br />Assistant Public Works Director Olson responded in the affi~Tnative. <br /> <br />P48 <br /> <br />City Council/May 11, 2004 <br />Page 30 of 36 <br /> <br /> <br />