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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION-June 18,2007 11 City Administrator Michelle Wolfe stated that it is difficult sometimes to fmd comparable cities. For example, a number of communities the size of Arden Hills do not have the Assistant City Administrator/Manager position. Mr. Rod Kelsey stated that the comparable cities will be used to create a median salary baseline for the City Council to review. City Administrator Michelle Wolfe noted that a work session will be scheduled in the near future to review the preliminary compensation report created by Riley, Dettmann, & Kelsey. Mayor Harpstead suggested that the City consider implementing more outcome based job descriptions. Mr. Rod Kelsey said that he will review the Job Description Questionnaire (IDQ's) completed by City staff members and will recommend some changes that could be made to the City's existing job descriptions that would make them more outcome based. Members of the City Council agreed to proceed with the proposed list of comparable cities for the compensation study. Members of the City Council also requested that the City of Shoreview be added to the comparable cities list. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE KICKOFF City Planner James Lehnhoff noted that all cities in the seven county metropolitan area are required by the Metropolitan Council and State Statutes to update their comprehensive plan every ten years. The Arden Hills Comprehensive Plan was last completed and approved by the City and the Metropolitan Council in 1998; therefore, the next Plan update is due at the end of2008. The comprehensive planning process is a great opportunity for the City to review its goals, policies, and strategies from the 1998 Comprehensive Plan; evaluate the progress that has or has not been made since 1998; determine what policies should continue; address new issues and concerns; and incorporate the proposed TCAAP development into the wider community plan. The Comprehensive Plan is not meant to solve every problem in the City or prescribe a specific strategy for every issue; however, it will help the City set and prioritize policies and projects as well as inform the overall long-term decision-making process for the City. Minnesota State Statutes and the Metropolitan Council regulations require the Comprehensive Plan to address the following topics: . Land use; . Housing; . Transportation; . Water resources management (water supply, storm water, sewer system); . Parks, open space, and natural resource protection; . Plan Implementation;