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back thc six t'~illio~ dollars has bee:~ discussed in the feasibility ~tudy is part of the equation. suggested this could go towards the cost of the AUAR. C__:ouncilntcmbcr l<urak commcnted the developer would get that six million dollars back eventuully. She questioned how they would address future developers paying'for the AUAR. Assistant Community Developmen~ Director Trudgeon explained the thought process is if they complete an A[JAR it covers a lar;~e area and everyone will ben¢lit if they develop. That will need to be addrc, ss~'d later. Counci h'ncmbcr K re'ale stated she a~,,,rees with Councilmember Strommen 150% that there should be some type of communication wiih the people in this area. Secondly, this case.before them is ovcrl~ill and she wt)uld like to dwindle it down to what is necessaW for tonight. The Council did commit to a study, but not to doing a project. She does not want it said that she/.s agreeing to a pr(~jccl of any kind l)y going ahead with the planning. City Attorney Goodrich suggested Councihnember str°mmen may want to make a motion to direct stal'l' to e.stablisln a public comment period/process to solicit public comment on corem[miry values, interests, and prcfi~rences related to growth plans for the ama. The comment period shall pt'ecedc authorization fi~r the comprehensive plan amendment component. Councilmembcr Kural< commcnted there is a plan for the northeast pipe of this project, and a group of c/ti;,.cns xx, ill be having a n~eeting regarding that. She noted this may dovetail with what Councilmcm bet Stmmmen is suggesting. Motion by ('Mtmcilmcmber Strom~nen, seconded by Councilmember Kurak, to direct staff to estnblish a public commcnt period/process to solicit public comment on community values, interests, and pretizt'cnces related to growth plans for the area. The comment period shall precede authorization fi)r the comprehensive plan amendment component. lUurthcr discussion: Councihncmbcr Zimmerman stated the direction from the Council planning session was tO coltlta~clme with pkmning, not engineering work. City Administrator Norrnan stated staff had ¢lc:m' direction to 1)ring this forward, and this has. been discussed for over six months. Cou~lciln~cmber C:ook stated regarding Councilmember Kurak's statement that this is causing a rill in tlw. City (2ounciJ, this is democracy working. The Council will vote on this and they do act at} ways agree. '['his mot iota should come forward as it is, and if it is voted down, it is voted down. t. lowcvcr, il' there are enough people on the Council that are interested in moving this the wtty it ,.,its it should move Iht'ward. They will not always have seven people voting on smncthing, and it dries not mcan they have a split Council. Councilmember Strommen stated she is fully in t'avm' of' lhe planning, and she did not think asking for public input would cause the discussion it has. Councilmembei Elvig stated he is not against receiving public input. He reported thc ( h~n Club has been closed, soil borings.are underway to test for lead, and there is a large escrow tt~ do that clem~ up. Councihnember Pearson stated a lot of the pieces of these projects m-c already in place and th~'yjttst need to tweak things around. The Council needs to be worl</~'~g closely x.vitb Planniag & Ztming so they know what we are doing and thinking. He likes (:ity Council/May 11, 2004 Page 32 of 36