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ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES APRIL 26, 2004 8 . Mr. Parrish stated currently, the Interim Development Agreement with CRR required that each party agree to proceed to the next phase of planning. In conjunction with the approval of Phase n, the Council authorized the beginning of Phase III. At this point, for various reasons, they have not received authorization from CRR. In discussions witb the Mayor and Council, it was indicated that the Council had a desire to proceed with Phase III planning as soon as practical. He indicated based on additional discussions with CRR this week, they had indicated that they were amenable to proceeding with Phase UI of the planning. He introduced Bart Rehbein, Bart Rehbein, stated there had been concerns by both parties and he was hoping to have more discussions with the Council before Phase UI would start. However, he would like to see the planning process get started, He understood there was a concern regarding roles and responsibilities and he looked forward to having further discussions regarding these issues. He stated the development team wanted a higher level of commitment on the Interim Development Agreement and they were anxious to have that dialogue and work through the Council's concerns, Councilmember Larson stated at some point the Council and staff would need to initiate some sort of discussions with the development team to come up with a second Development Agreement prior to the expiration ofthe Interim Development Agreement. . Councilmember Holden asked when Phase III would begin. Mr. Parrish replied dates had not been set, but it would take approximately a month for everything to be ready. 7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Anthorize Implementation of Credit Card Transactions at Citv Hall Mr. Siddiqui stated currently, the City did not accept credit card payments for its services. Services that could potentially be paid by credit card include permit fees, licenses, utility payments, fines, sports and recreation registration, etc, Over the past year, the City had received a number of inquiries from the residents and contractors encouraging the City to accept credit card payments. He indicated credit card payments were accepted by most cities in the metro area, but the twe of services they accept payments for vary from city to city. He noted there were two methods of accepting credit card payments. The first method was the "over the counter" method where a card is either swiped through a credit card machine or the information is manually inputted when it is provided over the telephone or through some other means. The second method of accepting credit card payments was on-line. . He stated he had received additional information that outlined the requirements of this system, He noted the City could not establish any minimums or maximums on the credit. He recommended modifYing the recommendation to approve implementation of Phase I of the credit acceptance system effective January 1, 2005, that would allow time to budget for costs of the system and review the existing City fee schedule, He asked Council to direct staff to continue research for Phase II ( on-line) for potential implementation next year.