04-09-07 Item 7B, AUAR Relating to TCAAP

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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - OCTOBER 10, 2006 10 government unit oversee the ADAR process, which in this case was the City of Arden Hills. She stated there WlS 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. Couocilmember Holdeo asked why the City did not take the responsibility to set up the interview process instead of Ryan arranging evel}'1hing. Ms. Bartoo responded for making the process go more smoothly, efficient, and economical it made sense to do the interview process for all six finns at once. Couocilmember Graot stated he had the same concerns as Councilmember Holden. He asked how they arrived at the amount. Ms. Bartoo responded that was the number they submitted with the RFP and there had been no negotiations on the amount. Couocilmember Larsoo 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 staffhad recognized the important of having an arms length relationship with the developer. He believed this was a smart move on the City's part to do this. Mayor Aplikowski agreed this safeguarded the integrity of the City. Couocilmembe r Holdeo requested a memorandum of what the process really was. She asked where they were at. Ms. Wolfe 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. Couocilmember Holdeo requested the RFP information also. MOTION: Councilmember Grant moved and Mayor Aplikowski seconded a motion to approve a contract with SRF, Inc. for possible future preparation of an ADAR review relating to the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant such awarding of the 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". Couocilmember Graot suggested removing the word possible and changing to a "future preparation." Couocilmember Larsoo 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 and develop a contract for an ADAR to be brought back to Council for approval. At that point, the expectation would be that the developer would pay for this. He stated he did not see the point in doing this now. Couocilmember Graot responded he wanted to ensure the ADAR was not started without Council approval.