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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - NOVEMBER 13, 2006 5 D. Motion to Approve the Criteria for Placin2 Planninl! Commission Cases on the Consent Calendar at Future City Council Meetin2s Mr. Lehnhoff stated at the September 18, 2006 Council work session, the Council requested staff prepare a set of evaluation criteria for determining if a planning case can be placed on the City Council's consent calendar. Since many planning cases are not controversial 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 with the Planning Commissions recommendation. Councilmember Larson stated it might be nice to move the Consent Calendar to follow the public informational portion of the meeting, which would give Council the opportunity to take the item off of the Consent Calendar if there was someone in attendance who wanted to speak on an item. He stated he did not agree with the criteria that the City Council liaison's recommendation is required for placing a planning case on the consent calendar or not. Councilmember Grant stated it might be a good idea to table this item until after the first of the year when the new Council was in attendance. He noted the new Council might want to make certain changes. Mayor Aplikowski recommended they vote this down and let staff bring it to the Council after the first ofthe year. Councilmember Larson believed 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 business. MOTION: Councilmember Grant moved and Councilmember 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- I Councilmember Larson opposed). 8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. City Staff Response to Resident Concerns Re2ardin2 the 2006 PMP Project Ms. Giga stated at the October 30, 2006 Council Meeting, several residents presented some concerns regarding the 2006 PMP Improvement Project. The first concern brought to the Council meeting involves the intersection of Siems Court and Lake Johanna Boulevard. Residents have indicated that there is difficulty in turning into Siems Court 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.