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with county roads, are they going to have any information on U.S. Trunk Highway. Mr. Quick stated postponing this will just slow down the process of realigning the street. Mayor Coughlin stated of Highway 10 is being in late spring, early Rick Jopke stated that turn back could occur a funding of State, we it is his understanding that this section turned back to the county level some time summer. the word staff has received is that the as soon as July of this year. Since it is still have to approve plans. Mr. Whiting: (inaudible) Mr. Stigney stated the ponding issue dealing with this road needs some additional discussion. Wendell Smith, representing Anthony properties of Dallas, Texas. Mr. Smith objects to postponing and tabling approving the preliminary plans. Mr. Smith states he was working on this project for over three years and have been working with Council and City staff during that period of time and in good faith we have followed through in working with the resolutions that the City has passed in regards to this. We have spent millions of dollars on this project. This project is now scheduled for • completion April 15. We have moved ahead based on good faith working with the Council and City staff. You have before you a schedule that was provided by SEH, your architectural engineering consultant with the City in which construction is to begin on the intersection, of the "right in," and "right out," to the theater as of April 12, 1999. In order to get to that point in which the theater then could open no later than May 1, 1999, by tabling or postponing the giving of these plans to the State of Minnesota, you are jeopardizing the opening of that theater and the ability of that theater to do its business. Mr. Smith stated if this is tabled tonight and we find ourselves not being able to open on time based on that, then we have to look at our legal avenues we must have to take from the City standpoint individually so that we may progress based on what the City has stated. Gary Collis, 2390 Pinewood Circle. Mr. Collis stated: "This intersection looks good, but he proposes that this be postponed because of not addressing Edgewood Drive, up at County Road I. It is a very dangerous intersection right now. (nIe have rush hour traffic where you can't even cross the street, and we have the community center over here now. We are going to have a movie theater. There is going to be a lot of traffic from the north part of Mounds View coming down Edgewood, they are all going to Mounds View City Council