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legislature that could advance all of those projects as well as others affecting New Brighton and nearby communities. Post office. Black reported that retail developers Pratt Ordway appeared before at a Council work session last month to suggest that the post office be located on the vacant parcel along 5th Avenue, rather than in the newly constructed center just to the south. The Council was agreeable to that plan. Staff met with Bell Pole to discuss a proposed land swap that would accom development of a carrier annex for the post office. The company was agreeable, as to as its were covered. Postal Service representatives from Denver will be here on Mar 211', appearing in front of the City Council to announce the search for a site. There will be she as -rtisement, and our plan will be submitted. Once a site is selected, due dilige . wo • .e:.n. Staff is confident that the City's plan will be selected, because of our commit -nt to out"the remaining term of the lease on the present facility. Larson reported that he will be in Washington, D. C. late -- , eek, tat ing to Representative McCollum about this and other issues of i D. New : on. Midwest Asphalt. Black reported that staf mpleted sitions in preparation for a trial date in May. It is possible that the trial yyLbe d ed pending a Supreme Court ruling on a related eminent domain case. Fulton as ' • hat attor or the f ompany have brought up the possibility of mediation. He i . . ed that the Primeracer site at TCAAP in Arden Hills is the only possible relocation sit- • 'thin t e company's search radius, but Arden Hills is not interested in an asphalt plant. Del' e . I -, how the timing for Northwest Quadrant development would be affected by the Mi. case ultoil l,ii�d that if the case goes to trial and the results are appealed, the final res uti. ► . d take pee aps 18 months. Opportunities to shorten this process would ldfro dia ' or perhaps the developers' starting construction prior to the completion o tiMidwe t acqu . 's '. Delaune requested that the commission see an accurate timeline. Harmon her supp. to this request. Brighton'illage Fulton reported that hynd Fernelius had met Kraus-Anderson principal Dan Engelsma over coffee last moth. A plan is forthcoming, including Snyder's and small retail stores, and with no redevelopment apposed for the Sinclair site. Fernelius added that there would also be some office and rest rant space. Delaune asked whether the bank building would be included. Fulton indicated that this could be a subsequent phase, with the bank wanting to move to the Sinclair parcel.