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Mounds View EDA June 27, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 4 company and working as a part of the negotiation team, she would also exclude herself from the vote. She recalled several years ago it was brought before the residents of Mounds View to vote on the whether they wanted to establish a golf course on this property. She stated that as she recalled the residents of Mounds View wanted the golf course and also took into account that it would take a few years to become profitable and were ok with this. She stated that it is her hope that with good ethics one would let all of the residents in this community have all of the facts and put it to a vote. She acknowledged that the pressure is on, with all of the groundwork that has already been laid, to get through this quickly to break ground in time. She expressed concerns stating that sometimes there is a rush to action that might not be the right action. She stated that she is praying that we all do the right thing. She stated that she is very interested in Mr. Backman’s statement was a $20.5 million allocation to improve area roads. She asked for clarification noting that it is her belief that the dollars are specifically earmarked for the County Road J/35W interchange and the improvement of that access from County Road J to the freeway. She clarified that it was her understanding from what was said at the public hearing that the only improvements to County Road J would be the striping and widening the turn area at the turn signal light near Sysco. Mr. Backman clarified that the $20.5 does include substantial improvements along County Road J noting that they have to reconstruct and widen it. He stated that they have to have turning lanes at various points noting that the way the legislation is written there is more than one pot of money. He stated that there is a $5 million allocation in the redevelopment account written specifically to the City of Mounds View for public improvements. He stated that there is another allocation for biosciences noting that it indicates there should be public improvements and does not specifically state that they cannot improve County Road J or the turning lanes. He stated that it is actually fairly broad. Ms. Mueller stated that it is good to know that there is a $5 million allocation in the redevelopment fund for County Road J. She stated she has a neighbor on Sherwood Road who has been talking about potholes on his street for a long time adding that there are a lot of potholes on her street too. She stated that she is very concerned about the proposed increase in traffic noting that people will not take the major routes to get to the existing proposed sale property. She stated that they would take the back roads adding that currently they already have troubles controlling the speed on these roads. She expressed concerns stating that she feels the city is selling the property way too cheaply and not getting the best bang for its buck. She stated that the voters should be given the opportunity to put out their opinion on this. She expressed concerns stating that the telephone survey did not canvas enough of the residents. She stated that one of the questions asked on the survey was whether the residents would be in favor of keeping the golf course if it were able to hold its own noting that the response was 39-percent were in favor of keeping the golf course if it was self-sufficient and 32-percent were in favor of selling. She stated that all things considered they should take time to review everything again, consider the ethics and get it to the people.