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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - OCTOBER 10, 2006 10 . Councilmembel' Holden stated she was having a hard time understanding why the City had to take on this responsibility and not the developer. Ms. Barton responded the EQB required that a responsible government unit oversee the AUAR process, which in this case was the City of Arden Hills. She stated there was also likely to be a lot of attention paid to this environmental review by various organizations and to ensure that the document was kept beyond reproach, it was best to be contracted through the City and not the developer who had a vested interest in how that environmental review came out. Councilmember Holden asked why the City did not take the responsibility to set up the interview process instead of Ryan arranging everything. Ms. Barton responded for making the process go more smoothly, efficient, and economical it made sense to do the interview process for all six firms at once. Councilmembel' Grant stated he had the same concerns as Councilmember Holden. He asked how they an-ived at the amount. Ms. Barton responded that was the number they submitted with the RFP and there had been no negotiations on the amount. Councilmember Larson indicated he believed staff had been very wise in how they have set this up. He noted these documents were very important to the public when approving a new development and staff had recognized the importmlt of having an amlS length relationship with the developer. He believed this was a smart move on the City's pm1 to do this. . Mayor Aplikowski agreed this safeguarded the integrity of the City. Councilmember Holden requested a memorandum of what the process really was. She asked where they were at. Ms. \-Volfe stated as part of getting this consulting team in place, they would submit timelines and the steps involved. She stated these timelines and steps would be forwarded to Council. Councilmember Holden requested the RFP infort11ation also. MOTION: Councilmember Grant moved and Mayor Aplikowski seconded a motion to approve a contract with SRF, Inc. for possible future preparation of an AUAR review relating to the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant such awarding of thc contract shall be subject to future Council approval and subject to a funding formulary with the developer. Mayor Aplikowski stated she did not like the word "possible". Councilmembel' Grant suggested removing the \vord possible and changing to a "future preparation.'" Councilmember Larson stated he could not support the motion. He stated the condition regarding having an agreement in place that allowed for reimbursement of the City was something that came at the time when the contract was brought forward for approval. He stated . here all they were doing was to authorize staff to go forward mld develop a contract for an AUAR to be brought back to Council for approval. At that point, the expectation would be that