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a way that it has a more meaningful width and laneage requirements and a limited number of interchanges. Mr. Ferdinandsen thinks there was a perception that they were building a major highway with access limited only to developer interests. He says they should have communicated in a better method. Another issue was that the boundaries for the election created a serious equit Y i:s:t1e among the residents of the municipalities within the boundaries versus those who did not vote outside the boundaries. It became a question of, if you didn't live in the district, you benefited from the highway but you weren't being taxed. Irr rc:~i r ospect, the boundaries should not have been done the way they were pre::, •r, t rid . Mr. Ferdinandsen feels the ambiguity around the financing created uncertainty in the peoples' minds. They could have done a better job in answering the questions the people had. Mr. Ferdinandsen feels that, in the spirit of cooperation and in terms of trying to rebuild some trust between everyone, they would like to have an opportunity to do it better. They feel they can do a better job. The timing needs to be done in a better way. He ft'.(~I:t l;hat we should not build a portion of the W-470 on the north side until ~,,, rare sure that the airport is going to be built and in what time frame. Secondly, that the linkage would coincide with the development of the rest of the beltway on the east side, the E-470. Mr. Ferdinandsen stated that they do not want to raise taxes anymore than necessary. He would try to urge that we do the cooperative agreement in a long-term relationship. He pledges that he will try to keep the dialogue as open as possible and try to develop a certain amount of trust. If anyone has any better ideas on how to proceed, he will listen as carefully as he can and will try to do it better. 11