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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION—DECEMBER 16, 2013 8 Community Development Director Hutmacher stated that staff received the proposal last week and discussed how to present the information to the Council. Staff was in favor of having the Cuningham Group present the Council with the plan at the work session and did not feel the handouts would have been effective in conveying the rationale and details behind the plan. Mayor Grant asked if the Council was available for a special work session on December 30tH Councilmember Holmes was not available on that date. She suggested January 2nd Mr. Dresdner reported that he would not be available December 27th through January 3rd Mayor Grant recommended that the Council meet on December 26th as it would be important to have Mr. Dresdner in attendance. Councilmember Werner stated that he would have to review his schedule to see if he would be able to attend on the 26tH Mayor Grant, Councilmember Holden and Councilmember McClung were available to meet on December 26tH Mayor Grant encouraged Councilmember Holmes to send her questions to staff prior to the 26tH Mayor Grant questioned if Council was in favor of allowing the County to review the proposed Master Plan. The Council was in favor of allowing this presentation with the caveat that the plans were not approved by the City. City Administrator Klaers reviewed a possible revised timeline for the Master Plan. He proposed having the JDA and Planning Commission review the draft Master Plan informally in January and any comments received be brought back to the Council. Another Council review of the Master Plan would then take place in February. He stated that if this approach to gathering input on the draft plan was followed, the Council may not need to hold the special meeting on December 26tH David Sand, Chair of the JDA, understood that the holidays were approaching and the Council had a great deal of data to absorb. He anticipated that the JDA meeting on January 6th would be informational only. He assumed that the Planning Commission meeting on January 8th would be the same. He encouraged the Council to keep the proposed timeline and gather information from these groups, along with the public on January 22nd. This would allow for more formal action to be taken in February. Councilmember Holmes stated that if this route were taken, the JDA and Planning Commission would be providing comments on a plan that has not even considered the comments of the City Council. The Council was favor of meeting on December 26th at 5:30 p.m. to further discuss the Master Plan.