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Regular Council Meeting Minutes 8-21-00 Page 5 Dr. Parker asked if that includes maintenance. Mr. Ilacqua said no; our Service Director spoke at length about maintenance. He feels the cost is containable. A lot has to do with the design and what is planted there (which probably won't be determined unti12002.) Dr. Parker asked if there was any way to project when we might need that median as paved road. Mr. Ilacqua said that is one of his points of contention. You still have the Goldberg development coming in and the Progressive buildings to get filled up. The traffic pattern between Hickory Hill and Highland Road--actually from Highland to White--is still not completely flushed. That is where he has questions about putting a median in first. He thinks, perhaps, if we paved that area with the thought of putting in a median at a later date, makes sense. However, Mayor Rinker prompted the Committee to reconsider the vote. He would like to see the median design incorporated into the initial widening of S.O.M. so it doesn't lie fallow and not get considered at a later date. Dr. Parker said his main concern with putting a median in is having to rip it out in a couple of years because of traffic. Mrs. Cinco said if you read your minutes or attended the meetings, they made a point that it was less expensive to take it out. There was much discussion in the meetings on this. Dr. Parker said he was not suggesting to pave it and then put a new one in afterwards. He was suggesting that if we might be paving it shortly that it might make sense to not have through that stretch. Mr. Brett said there is one lane in the middle. With regards to taking on a median, we will have legislation on tonight where part of the Development Agreement is the removal of a median on North Commons Boulevard. We started negotiations with this particular property assuming that it was the Developer's responsibility to take it out. We negotiated that in exchange for this we would bear the cost of taking out the median but we will go from the standpoint that if you want a break in the median, that will be yours to absorb as the developer. If you want to negotiate something in exchange for that, we will be glad to talk to you about that. Essentially, where you put it in might be up to us--and who is going to bear the cost might be up to you. If you want that break in there-in a sense you will have a little better control over your potential developers there because you could probably say no, you aren't going to put a break in the median at this particular point. I think that could be a negotiating tool down the line and you