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will say just kccp Ibc line there and half'will say not to. It will be up to this Council to decide if they m'c going to bca developing City. They have already made that decision and now they need to move Ibrward. Councilmcmbcr Strommen stated what she is suggesting would merely be an initial public hearing to let people I<now what the stages of the process will be and what it will look like, and then to simply get value statements. With the City Hall they polled the area'and asked for input, which gave thom ~h¢ir value staten tents. After going to these residents and asking what things are important to their community, they can then take that and go through the process. Councilmcml~cr I:';!vig stated he is concerned if they open this up there we will be the issue of whether people w;mt to ¢×tend thc 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, bt,t they sho~tld have tools in fi'ertl of people so they can start to visualize. Counciltncmlgcr K m-ak questioned what kind of tools Councilmember Elvig is refen'ing to. C;ott,'~cilntcmbcr [!lvig replied thc ( it3' has a greenway plata that is laid out and a feasibility plan ol'scwcr and I)ipc. Councilmcmbcr Strmnme~ stated p,:ople m'e not going to react to a feasibility study. Finding out what values arc in~portant to thc co~,m~tmity would be another tool to blend into the plan. Co U lacilmcmbcr K t~rak questioned why title work is being discussed tonight. She stated the price tag has now risen to over $300,000 after adding up all the Tinklenberg work and she cannot vote riot' that tonight, q'lfis is way over tl,e top and is causing a hft in the Council. She suggested this be done alert on a gradual basis so other things can be addressed as it goes along. She noted The Tital<lcnbcrg ( }roul~ is asking [br $8(L?00 for appraisers and asked if they are qualified appraisers. Assistant lhtblic Works Olson replied The Tinklenberg Group would hire out residential alyn'a iscn,.;. Counci Imcmhcc I<.~u'ak suggested tl',e discussion be reduced to what needs to be acted on tonight to move this ~long. Assistant Ihtblic Works Dirc. ctor exl>lained the estimate of Bolton and Menk was discussed in the weekly ulxlatc at a cost of approximately $800,000 to one million dollars for design work, which docs not inelastic th,z Tinklenbcrg Group. He indicated there are some things they could move on. Counci'lmcmbcr IC,.t~rak questioned if these figures are included in the original feasibility study all'lOltl'l'i.. Assistant Public W...~rks Director OE-;on responded in the affirmative. ('ity Council/May 11, 2004 Page 30 of 36