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ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES NOVEMBER 29,2004 7 . need to cross the road at an intersection. He indicated he believed this discussion should be about connectedness. He stated it made more sense to have this sidewalk on the south side. Mayor Aplikowski stated she believed there should be a sidewalk on both sides of the street, but she did not believe she had the support of the rest of the Council. MOTION: Councilmember Larson moved and Councilmember Holden seconded a motion to approve the building of the sidewalk on the south side of the bridge and have a sidewalk continue west of the bridge on the same side and to authorize staff to proceed with plans and the funding application process and to notify MnDOT of that decision. The motion failed (1-4) (Councilmembers Grant, Holden, Rem and Mayor Aplikowski). MOTION: Councilmember Rem moved and Councilmember Holden seconded a motion to approve building of the sidewalk on the north side of the bridge and have the sidewalk continue west of the bridge on the same side and to authorize staff to proceed with plans. Councilmember Larson stated he was going to vote against this because there was no evidence that there would be a safety increase and also because Council did not have a plan for the garage . that would be in the way. He noted his main concern was with the increased cost of putting a sidewalk on the north side. Colleen Hoffman, stated she knew the resident who lived in the home with the garage and she believed that resident would not have an issue ifher garage would be moved. Mayor Aplikowski stated she understood Councilmember Larson's concerns about the money, but it appeared the remaining Councilmembers wanted to spend the money to get this resolved. The motion carried (3-2) (Councilmember Larson and Mayor Aplikowski). Mayor Aplikowski requested staff come back to the Council with a proposed solution to the garage issue on Pascal. B. 2005 City Council/Citv Staff Retreat Facilitator Ms. Wolfe stated staff recently contacted a number of neighboring communities to compile a list of potential retreat facilitators for the 2005 City Council/City Staff Retreat. After reviewing the list of potential retreat facilitators, City staff contacted Barbara Strandell, James Prosser, and Carl Neu and requested they submit a bid proposal to the City for the January 2005 retreat. City staff checked the references on the three candidates. Staff requested the City Council's input . regarding the selection of a retreat facilitator. Mr. Johnson stated most of the costs were very similar, except for Neu & Company, who would need to come in from out of State and there would be travel costs involved. ----------