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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 130 vote. She recalled several years ago it was brought before the residents of Mounds View to vote 131 on the whether they wanted to establish a golf course on this property. She stated that as she 132 recalled the residents of Mounds View wanted the golf course and also took into account that it 133 would take a few years to become profitable and were ok with this. She stated that it is her hope 134 that with good ethics one would let all of the residents in this community have all of the facts and 135 put it to a vote. She acknowledged that the pressure is on, with all of the groundwork that has 136 already been laid, to get through this quickly to break ground in time. She expressed concerns 137 stating that sometimes there is a rush to action that might not be the right action. She stated that 138 she is praying that we all do the right thing. She stated that she is very interested in Mr. 139 Backman’s statement was a $20.5 million allocation to improve area roads. She asked for 140 clarification noting that it is her belief that the dollars are specifically earmarked for the County 141 Road J/35W interchange and the improvement of that access from County Road J to the freeway. 142 She clarified that it was her understanding from what was said at the public hearing that the only 143 improvements to County Road J would be the striping and widening the turn area at the turn 144 signal light near Sysco. 145 146 Mr. Backman clarified that the $20.5 does include substantial improvements along County Road 147 J noting that they have to reconstruct and widen it. He stated that they have to have turning lanes 148 at various points noting that the way the legislation is written there is more than one pot of 149 money. He stated that there is a $5 million allocation in the redevelopment account written 150 specifically to the City of Mounds View for public improvements. He stated that there is another 151 allocation for biosciences noting that it indicates there should be public improvements and does 152 not specifically state that they cannot improve County Road J or the turning lanes. He stated that 153 it is actually fairly broad. 154 155 Ms. Mueller stated that it is good to know that there is a $5 million allocation in the 156 redevelopment fund for County Road J. She stated she has a neighbor on Sherwood Road who 157 has been talking about potholes on his street for a long time adding that there are a lot of potholes 158 on her street too. She stated that she is very concerned about the proposed increase in traffic 159 noting that people will not take the major routes to get to the existing proposed sale property. 160 She stated that they would take the back roads adding that currently they already have troubles 161 controlling the speed on these roads. She expressed concerns stating that she feels the city is 162 selling the property way too cheaply and not getting the best bang for its buck. She stated that 163 the voters should be given the opportunity to put out their opinion on this. She expressed 164 concerns stating that the telephone survey did not canvas enough of the residents. She stated that 165 one of the questions asked on the survey was whether the residents would be in favor of keeping 166 the golf course if it were able to hold its own noting that the response was 39-percent were in 167 favor of keeping the golf course if it was self-sufficient and 32-percent were in favor of selling. 168 She stated that all things considered they should take time to review everything again, consider 169 the ethics and get it to the people. 170 171