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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - SEPTEMBER 10, 2007 16 while the attorney is in town September 20-21, 2007. She stated a monthly conference call with Army and GSA will take place this week and staff is anticipating a meeting with the parties in late October 2007. Community Development Director Barton introduced new City Planner I Meagan Beekman. 9. COUNCIL COMMENTS AND REQUESTS City Administrator Wolfe mentioned staff is struggling with the agenda for the next worksession. She listed potential agenda items. She requested a priority from Council. Discussion ensued. Consensus was reached to discuss pay equity, compensation, community survey, umon negotiations, and Highway 10/96 at the September 17, 2007 work session. Councilmember Grant commented on the 2007 seal coat and asked what the analysis found. He asked if the street sweeping would remove the granite from the road. Public Works Director Hoag replied street sweeping should happen in the next few weeks and would collect the granite. He commented he toured the City with staff and they are not concerned with what they saw; however, they would like to determine what happened. He stated it seemed to be isolated in the Chatham area and did not believe the seal coat had been compromised. Councilmember Grant stated it seems the granite is wearing faster than it should and he noticed that at the spot where garbage trucks stop, the weight tears through the seal coat. Public Works Director Hoag commented the heat this summer may have caused this and is not uncommon. Councilmember Grant stated he is looking for an RFP for the TCAAP project. Community Development Director Barton replied she is attempting to locate the document. Councilmember Grant commented on the lengthy discussion on relocating people from their homes and wanted to say he takes it seriously. He stated Council seems to be able to talk about issues, and the rest of the city is suffering due to the attention paid to TCAAP. He stated that all the while, the City's financial advisors have not come forward to inform Council of the financial capacity of the project. He commented Ehlers & Associates is the financial advisors, the project managers, and the bond broker and have a financial interest and at what point do they not bring forth financial advice to this council when they have a financial interest. He asked if a different bond broker should be selected. He stated this is too important to overlook. Discussion ensued. Mayor Harpstead asked that agenda suggestions be submitted to staff. City Administrator Wolfe reported that effectively the TCAAP master planning process has been put on hold pending dealing with financial and density questions.