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Page 7 May 11, 1998 Mounds View City Council major portion of the signals or the re-alignment of Edgewood. The city will be responsible for a portion of the costs. He is opposed to this. The residents have strongly argued against access from the site to County Road H-2 and to Long Lake Road. The residents make up Mounds View and he believes the Council should consider their concerns. Julie Olson, 2663 Lake Court Circle, stated in a Resolution dated June 12, 1996, in regazd to County Road H-2 and a collector street given back to the city, the resolution states that the roadway segment has been determined to serve a local function only. She also wished to know who will be paying for the roadway through the development and what the approximate cost is. Mr. Smith of Anthony Properties stated the road from Highway 10 to County Road H-2 will be a project cost paid for by the developer. Mayor McCarty stated, in response to the June 12, 1996 resolution, he is not certain that it was the intent of the council to expect that. ' Mayor McCarty requested a brief recess of the meeting. The Council Meeting was re-convened at 8:10 p.m. . Julie Olson noted that there are three phases to the development process and the city is in the second stage. She asked what happens differently in the final plan as far a alterations and changes. Mr. Jopke explained that the third stage is the fmal plan approval. These plans will be the ones submitted for city building permits, etc. Mayor McCarty explained that the resolution Ms. Olson referred to earlier, was relative to the turn back process from Ramsey County and only intended to convey that the road will become a local road as opposed to a county road. The designation and use of the road would remain as a collector road. It is not a residential street. Cliff Ash, 2664 Lake Court Drive, stated he attended the Council work session and feels the project is a "done deal". He wondered where the funds would come from to fund the development. Mayor McCarty noted that the funds are from the captured increments of commercial and industrial development. These are the excess funds which are allowed to be used for certain purposes under state law. The funds will not come out of the general property tax fund; this is a separate fund. Daniel Rosen, 1200 MN World Trade Center, St. Paul, MN, stated he is an attorney, present on behalf of a sponsoring committee of a Petition for an Initiative. He noted that the 898 registered voters who signed the petition, make up close to 17% of the registered voters who voted in the last general election in the City of Mounds View. Those who signed the petition are asking the Council to defer to the true democratic process. In 120 days there will be the issue on the ballot and it will be voted on by the residents in the City of Mounds View. Residents were told up until four days ago that there would be no outlet onto their street. Now changes have been made and the council is being asked to vote on the change, which will affect many residents. He believes this is a 100% sufficient petition without any legal input from council. He asked that the council defer action on this until the people of Mounds View can speak on this issue.