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~ /],\~HILLS Approved: September 10, 2007 CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING AUGUST 1,2007; 6:43 P.M. ARDEN HlLLS CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL Pursuant to due call aud notice thereof, Mayor Stan Harpstead called to order the Special City Council Meeting at 6:43 p.m. Present: Mayor Stan Harpstead, Councilmembers David Grant, Brenda Holden, Fran Holmes, and David McClung. Absent: None. Also Present: Finance Director, Sue Iverson; Community Development Director, Karen Barton. AGENDA ITEM Mayor Harpstead stated he had one item on the agenda for the special meeting which was consideration of a motion to approve Resolution 07-64, authorizing a grant request to the Metropolitan Council for the City's Comprehensive Plan Update. APPROY AL OF MEETING AGENDA MOTION: Mayor Harpstead moved and Councilmember Holmes seconded a motion to approve the meeting agenda. The motion carried (3-2). Mayor Harpstead stated the item on the agenda and part of the reason he called the meeting was the fact that at Monday's meeting there was an incomplete set of information. After seeing the actual grant application he wanted to ask Council to allow reconsideration of the motion. Mayor Harpstead also indicated he thought there was a concern about whether this bound the City in any way to the contract. He indicated that in his reading of it, it does not. He then asked whether Council had any other concerns that he may have not reflected properly. Councilmember McClung stated he did not believe that this required a special emergency meeting to be called and that because he did not have the opportunity to review the material he felt he was in no position to vote on this at this time. Mayor Harpstead stated the deadline for the application is Friday, August 3rd. Councilmember McClung stated he is aware of that, however, he would not vote on something that he had not reviewed. He also indicated he had an additional concern in that since action was taken at