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. ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL -. NOVEMBER 13, 2006 5 . D. Motion to Approve the Criteria for Placin2 Plannill2 Commission Cases on the Consent Calendar at Future City Council Meetill2s Mr. lJehnhoff statcd at the Septembcr 18, 2006 Council work session, the Council requested staff prepare a set of evaluation criteria for determining if a planning case can bc placcd on the City Council's consent calendar. Sincc many planning cascs are not controvcrsial and have a unanimous recommendation from the Planning Commission, this step would increase the efficiency of reviewing certain non-controversial planning cases at City Council meetings. Mayor Aplikowski stated she was not in favor of this. She noted there have been times in the past when the City Council did not agree \vith the Planning Commissions rccommendation. Councilmember Larson stated it might be nice to movc thc Consent Calendar to follow the public infornlational portion of thc meeting, which would givc Council the opportunity to take thc item off of the Consent Calendar iftherc was someonc in attendance who wanted to speak on an item. He stated he did not agrce with the criteria that the City Council liaison's recommendation is rcquired for placing a planning case on thc conscnt calendar or not. Councilmember Grant statcd it might bc a good idea to table this item until after the first of the year when the new Council was in attendancc. He notcd the new Council might want to make certain changes. . Mayor Aplikowski recommended thcy vote this down and let staff bring it to the Council after the first of the ycar. Councilmember I.arson helieved they should vote on this now and just because there were new people coming onto the Council should not be a reason to stop doing City husiness. MOTION: Councilmember Grant moved and Councilmembcr Holden seconded a motion to deny the Criteria for Placing Planning Commission Cases on the Consent Calendar at Future City Council Meetings. The motion carried (4-1 Councilmcmber Larson opposcd). 8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Citv Staff Response to Resident Concerns Re2ardill2 the 2006 PMP Proiect Ms. Giga stated at thc October 30, 2006 Council Mecting, several residents presented some conccrns regarding the 2006 PMP Improvemcnt Project. The first concern brought to the Council meeting involvcs the intcrsection of Siems Court and Lake .I ohanna Boulevard. Residents have indicatcd that there is difficulty in turning into Siems Comi off of Lake Johanna Boulevard, completing the turn without encroaching into opposing traffic, and passing cars that are at the intersection waiting to turn out. .