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March B, 1478 Page 6 Councllmember BaumgarCner stated that the Council has npplied for every ty pe of ~ financial assistanca avatiahle to cut the cost as much as possibie for the citisens. ~ MSF ji{aake-FoSS} to recomn2nd to the City Councii that they delay a dacision on the sewer scheduled for the March 27 meeting and Chat they form variaus study groups made up of various vocal cftizens and have them answers questions that er•e being ratsed and set a time limit as to when the studies would come in to help increase comnunication between the citlz=ns and Cow~cii. Z ayes 5 nays Comnission Member Giazer staCed that he felt the study thet had been done was very good and that the longer a decision was put ofF, Che harder it would be ta make later on whether or not to do the pro,~ect. Comntssion Member 8lanchard asked how much time the Counctl had before making a decision without being required to hoid another pu611c hearing. Councilmember ~aumgartner reptied that they had six months. Chairperson Naake added that the decfsion could be made any time within thot six munth period. Chairperson Haake stated Chat she fe'It a delay on the decision artd the creatian of a task force would a11ow the citizens tim~ ta sirraner down and time for the Counc9l to do some public relations work on the pro,~ect. Comnission Member Foss stated that 1n the iast two years the Cit.y had spent $20,000 ~'"~''~ u~dating the Camprehensive Plan and deciding how Mounds View should be developed <;~,~ and that ait the meetings were open to thz public and the course for development set for the next ten years. He added that it was then the fact that tlie utillties wouid havP to be updated was agreed upon and that now, when it was time far it to happen> the citizens were against it and asked why the cltlzens had not been present when the Comprehensive Plan was written to glve their optnions then. He added that if the preJecC is not approved, deveiopment wi11 ha1t. Mr. Sargeant replled that he had not had time to attend the m~:etings previausty but that he was there naw to speak out aga9nst the profect and say he couldn't afford i t. Phyiiis Scott, 5100 Red Oak Orive stated that the citizens had voted the Cm~ncil- members in to represent the citizens and tha.t she felt they should stop khe pro- ,~ect since the citizens did not want it. Mr. McCarthy stated Chat Mounds View taxes are already tow so the tax payers did not need commercial development to help tt~em. He added that the Comnission Meml~ers were there to rQpresent the peop]e and urged them to stap Pro~ect 3978-I. Councilmember Baumgartner stated that he was eTected to represent the people and that he did Y,ave the best interests of the people in mind. Ne added that the study was conducted to determine what wouTd be best for the City a~~d that Pro,~ect 1978-1 was the conclusi~n. He stated Lhat the study could be f9Yed and pul7ed out at a iater date but that the cost and need foi• the pro,~ect ~vould undoubtedly increase if iL w~s postponed. Councl7member Baumyartner also pointed out that each City ~ ~i~s required to do a Comprehensive N7an, and that the need for the pro,~ect was one `a/ of the resutts of Mounds W ew's Comprehensive Plan.