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COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 22, 1996 and the road was to be fully reconstructed to MSA standards and MSA funds were to be used. Mr. Corson said that was the original understanding and if there is something else, he would like to find out where this agreement is coming from. He said that the original developers agreement did address a lot of the issues just raised. Council Member Lyden asked Mr. Corson for the date of the original developers agreement. Mr. Corson said it is dated July, 1995. Mayor Landers noted that Council Member Lyden said original developers agreement and asked if there has been another agreement since then. Mr. Corson said no, the agreement has numbers and on the back page several items are discussed. He said that Hokanson's understanding of the situation comes from the developers agreement, copies of the Council minutes, video tapes and the discussions with staff. Mr. Ahrens clarified dates by saying that the developers agreement is dated July, 1995, the traffic analysis was completed in October, 1994 and the feasibility report was completed in December, 1995. Dawn Kenny, 6299 Red Maple Lane - Ms. Kenny said she did not visit the 12th Avenue/Holly Drive area of the City very much but wanted to speak about another development that affects her as a resident. She noted that Ware Road was considered a hazardous road even before Fox Trace and Pine Ridge developments were constructed. Now she considers it a deadly road. Ms. Kenny said that when citizens on Ware Road wanted to upgrade the road because it was a MSA road, the City said no because the property owners abutting the road would not accept assessments. Now she hears all this "stuff' about Holly Drive and to her it sounds like de ja vu. Ms. Kenny said that she did not know if there were traffic studies on Ware Road but there were studies, the estimate of traffic should have been doubled because it is a dangerous road. She said that she did not think that the condition of Ware Road was the fault or the responsibility of the original citizens to upgrade the road now. Ms. Kenny said she thought Ware Road should have been upgraded first to handle the increase in traffic. She said that it sounds like the same thing is happening on 12th/Holly and advised the City Council to "tread softly" because they could be creating the same situation that they have on Ware Road. Council Member Kuether moved to close the public hearing at 7:40 P.M. Council Member Neal seconded the motion. Council Member Lyden said considering the 20/20 project and the real issue that was brought up by the 20/20 project about increasing the communication between the Council, staff and the public, the Council would be doing the right thing by keeping the public hearing open. Mayor Landers said he agreed with Council Member Lyden and would favor keeping the public hearing open until all the facts have been presented by Ms. Wyland, Mr. Brixius and others. He suggested that the public hearing be continued, compile all of the information and then discuss the matter at the next work session and then when all questions have been answered, the public hearing can be closed at the next City Council meeting. PAGE 15