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. . . ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES DECEMBER 10, 2001 15 Councilmember Aplikowski concurred. She stated she tbought it might be better if the Council attends one of the County's meetings. Councilmember Larson stated the Council should still put something on paper to document the design issues. He noted there are things about which the County would not be sensitive. Mayor Probst stated he would like the Council to be active in the selection process of the design team. Councilmember Grant agreed that Arden Hills should put together some guiding principals. Mayor Probst stated some activities on the arsenal property are heating up. He noted he has met with the third developer. He added it would be on the agenda at a future worksession. He stated they have been told the presentation would be limited to 45 minutes or less. He noted they would have a strong team with a strong presentation. He added the other two parties would like to schedule time in January. He stated they might need to schedule some special meetings in January. He noted he hoped they could make a decision in early February as to how they wanted to proceed. He added that if they wanted to go through an RFP process they could do that. He stated Mr. Parrish is going to walk the Council through a draft of the package for Representative McCullum. He noted if the Council is comfortable with what it is seeing, then a draft copy could go to Representative McCullum's staff to see if anything further is needed. Mr. Lynch stated he met with Mr. Brown and Mr. Parrish to discuss the type of package to prepare. He explained the components of the presentation: a base map showing the current situation, an aerial photo showing an overlay of the property, a use map with the contamination areas, the National Guard's proposed acquisition map, the City's proposed acquisition map, and a composite map showing all the above compressed into one map. He stated there was also literature surrounding those maps. He noted Mr. Parrish developed a summary history. He added that he did summary of recent events. He stated the final presentation ends up being a dozen pages. He noted they have not completed the requested action page. He added they could request the acquisition of the northwest to southwest corner or federal legislation for that property acquisition. He stated this was an area where Representative McCullum's staff could assist them with how that could be phrased. Mayor Probst asked ifthe City had all these maps electronically now so it could provide whatever is needed. Mr. Parrish responded they did not have them all now, but would have them shortly. Mayor Probst stated they should stated in their overture to the Congressperson that the City is requesting a title transfer to the City of the development area. Councilmember Aplikowski asked about the change in the name of the plan.