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Mounds View City Council August 27, 2001 Regular Meeting Page 12 Council Member Marty asked for a copy of the Ordinance. He stated his copy did not have this Resolution in it. He inquired about the dog run on the site plan, and asked if it was large enough. He indicated it looked pretty small and asked about the cost of the corridor improvements in relation to the other construction. He stated he believed it was excessive for the small area and concurred with staff’s recommendation to forego the decorative lights at this time. Council Member Stigney asked for clarification regarding decorative lighting. Planning Associate Atkinson replied the applicant would not provide decorative lighting at this time. Community Development Director Ericson replied they had to come up with a process for installing the decorative features along the corridor and explained how that would be assessed onto the property owner, or how the City would pay for it. At this point, staff was suggesting that Council waive the requirement to put in decorative lights at this time until further discussions were had regarding the Highway 10 project. Council Member Stigney asked if anything was going to be done about a trail on the north side of Highway 10. Community Development Director Ericson replied that was still under development, but they did foresee a trail at some point. It was a question of where it was going to go. Council Member Stigney stated the City needed a policy regarding this issue. Community Development Director Ericson replied a policy was needed once the Highway 10 project was discussed. Council Member Stigney suggested some money be escrowed for the decorative lighting. Council Member Marty agreed. Planning Associate Atkinson stated the money would be escrowed for five years, but staff was recommending due to the size of this project, it not be required. Council Member Quick asked what percentage of the project would be trail. Planning Associate Atkinson replied 1.6%; 3.2% with the lights. Two lights would be 2.3%. The Minnesota Health building paid .92%. Mayor Sonterre recessed the meeting at 9:02 p.m. Mayor Sonterre reconvened the meeting at 9:13 p.m. Council Member Quick asked Resolution number 4 would be re-worded. Planning Associate Atkinson replied they would like to put together a one percent policy for future projects, but did not believe they could do it for this project. He recommended the Council deal with this on an individual basis. Council Member Marty expressed concern that the Mermaid project was just under $6 million and they make this a maximum of one percent, so this project and the MN Health project were