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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION JANUARY 28, 2013 5 <br /> <br />Mayor Grant <br />explained that the expense for these TCAAP planning documents would be <br />recaptured by the City through certain permitting fees. He questioned if staff was seeking <br />direction from the Council this evening. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Hutmacher <br /> stated this was the case. <br /> <br /> <br />There was a consensus of Council for staff to proceed with the RFP. <br /> <br /> <br />C.Joint Development Authority (JDA) Interviews Update <br /> <br />City Administrator Klaers <br />explained that letters were sent to the four applicants regarding the <br />th <br />February 4 interviews for the JDA citizen appointment. At this time, staff has confirmed with <br />all four applicants and he suggested the meeting/interviews begin at 6:00 p.m. He requested <br />further direction regarding the interview questions and how the Council would like the interviews <br />to be conducted. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden <br /> indicated some of the proposed questions were leading. She asked if <br />the questions had to be preapproved. <br /> <br />City Administrator Klaers <br /> indicated this was the procedure that the Council followed when <br />interviews were held for the open Council seat. <br /> <br />Mayor Grant <br /> agreed with the topic areas suggested by staff but requested the questions be <br />reworded. <br />Councilmember Holmes <br /> agreed and recommended that each topic area be turned into questions. <br /> <br />Councilmember McClung <br /> also supported this recommendation and wanted to be assured the <br />questions were general in nature. <br /> <br />th <br />Mayor Grant <br /> requested the questions be drafted and finalized prior to February 4 to assure that <br />each candidate was asked the same list of questions in the interviews. <br /> <br />The Council directed staff to reword the questions based on the stated topics and send them back <br />out to Council for further review prior to the interviews. <br /> <br />2. COUNCIL COMMENTS AND STAFF UPDATES <br /> <br />Councilmember Holmes <br /> presented staff with an article from the Star Tribune regarding the need <br />for City and tax exempt groups to pay for services. <br /> <br />ADJOURN <br /> <br />Mayor Grant adjourned the City Council work session meeting at 9:40 p.m. <br /> <br />__________________________ __________________________ <br />Patrick Klaers David Grant <br />City Administrator Mayor <br /> <br />