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Administrator Kueffner stated she had attended the County Board meeting, which ended in a split vote, but they did vote to continue the study to determine once and for all, if it was environmentally feasible. Said the environmental impact is huge. Asked what will happen 5 or 10 years down the line and there is an incomplete study. The County Board made the decision to go along with this expenditure, not Mayor John. Stated Molly Shodeen (DNR) is currently working on this issue, as well, but this won't happen overnight. Said the reason this is on the agenda is so that the people can keep "hammering away" at this issue. Will invite the Washington County Public Works Director to the next City Council Meeting in order to discuss how his staff has reacted to the residents. Mr. Eilers Supports the logic, in terms of having a complete study. Concerns about the way the study is being conducted, i.e.; `fox open or close the hen house door". The person who heads the study did not see the land, only looked at maps. Feels she is not suitable for major highway development. Said she is too busy. Since study has been started, mandated doing what ever she wants to do, including calling and threatening his flange, and how they will be going on the land. Feels they should have been talking with the Engles. Said she does not have a clue as to what is really going on in the area. Concerns about the competency of how the study is being set up. Feels a true environmental study should be done by an agency with no vested interests in whether the project goes through or doesn't go through. Said the Highway department was studying something that is worded with the help of their a consulting agency who said at a workshop "by just simply shying roads, this compensates everybody for the environmental issues ". Said this was crazy thinking. Said the spill over of salt for one winter, to make the road safe, could effect the wetland. Bothers him that we are spending money to have somebody who is not competent do an environmental study to prove that therefore, they should go ahead. Wants the County to hire an independent agency to do the environmental study. Carol Palmquist 12202 55t' Street North Baytown Has a lack of trust for the Public Works Representatives. The City Administrator said she believes Mr. Wisnewski should be accountable for what his staff has done, and include verbatim minutes of this section of the meeting. M/S/P Hunt/DeLapp — to staff be directed to send verbatim minute section to Mr. Wisnewski and invite him to the next City Council meeting to respond to some of the criticism his Department has received from the public and to discuss the process. (Motion Passed 5-0). Administrator Kueffner said she wants to publish the proposed schedule of upcoming meetings relating to the Manning Avenue Connection EAW in the City newsletter so the public can continue to monitor this what is happening. M/S/P Dunn/DeLapp — to direct staff to publish the proposed EAW workshop schedule in the City Newsletter. (Motion Passed 5-0). Lake Elmo City Council Meeting 10/21/97 3