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. . . ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - MARCH 12,2001 3 Ms. Chaput stated the City Engineer drafted what brought in these proposals. She noted she knows this is a required document for the Comprehensive Plan. She added they all sat down and looked at the proposals together. She stated it was forwarded to Greg Brown and she asked him to contact her if he had a problem with staff s proposal. She noted Mr. Brown had indicated the SEH, Inc. proposal is sufficient to meet the requirements. She added she does not know if they need the extras. Mayor Probst stated at the end ofthis project they are looking for documentation that will satisfy the Comprehensive Plan review by the Metropolitan Council. He noted both firms have done that work and hopefully understand what is needed. He added SEH, Inc. has appeared to work with more cities in this area. He stated he is comfortable with staff s recommendation. He noted it is one third less. Councilmember Rem stated she realizes they are doing it to meet the Metropolitan Council requirement. She noted she hopes to get some information for the Water Quality Task Force. She added it looks like they are going to get some information for that purpose. Councilmember Larson stated he agrees they would certainly have what is needed to meet the requirements of the Comprehensive Plan. He noted it is still not clear if they will get what they need. He added they both do this type of work and have done a lot of this type of work. He stated the plans just seem so totally different from one another. He noted the input is so totally different for the same outcome. He added one is so based on modeling and the other is not. Councilmember Aplikowski asked what would be the compliment for the modeling in the other plan. She stated they are basically the same price, but one has a few more hours. She questioned whether they would get modeling. Councilmember Larson stated there is limited hydrologic work. He noted it might be worth another $12,000 to have more modeling or maybe the little bit there is enough. He asked if the city engineer showed anyone at BRW these proposals. Ms. Chaput responded she did not know. Councilmember Rem stated she did not know enough about it to know what is appropriate. Ms. Chaput stated they did have a representative from Boonestroo. Mayor Probst stated it might be a function of how the two firms chose to distribute their hours. He noted they use almost the identical language to describe the model. Councilmember Larson stated the language might have come out ofthe city's proposal. Mayor Probst stated he is hesitant to allow one party to speak since both parties are not represented.