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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - February 25, 2008 II He stated the City Council needs to make a decision on the transportation issue in order for Ryan to make any progress on its planning. Councilmember McClung stated the City Council also needs to discuss funding for the County Road H interchange, because if the City cannot get funding for that, it wi)] impact the TH-IO/CR- 96 project. Mayor Harpstead stated the City Council wi)] need a couple of work session meetings to discuss TCAAP, the interchanges, the pro forma on the financials overall, and the TH-IO/CR-96 interchange. B. 911 Communications Dispatch Update Public Works Director Hoag stated that he previously provided the City Council with a packet of information along with a copy of a letter addressed to Scott Williams, the radio system manager at the communications center. He reported that Mr. Williams has indicated that he is working with the City of St. Paul, as operators of the CAD system, to compile all of the information requested by the City in order resolve all outstanding issues. Councilmember Holden asked about the timeframe for the study that was conducted. Public Works Director Hoag stated he will obtain further information regarding the timeframe. Mayor Harpstead stated he felt it was important to work toward making sure there are benchmarks in place that are being monitored in order to measure performance against those benchmarks. Councilmember McClung stated he is unable to determine if the information received from Mr. Williams includes average response time and/or response time from the time a call goes into the dispatch center to the time a call is responded to. Mayor Harpstead asked that staff make sure it communicates to Mr. Williams the exact data the City is looking for and to reiterate that the City is looking to make sure performance does not suffer. Councilmember McClung expressed concern with having a consolidated dispatch center under the County with the City of St. Paul operating the CAD system because they own the software and thus, they have to do the analysis. Mayor Harpstead asked if the City Council should design an algorithm for presentation to Mr. Williams. Councilmember Holden replied in the affirmative. Mayor Harpstead requested the Councilmembers email their suggestions to staff.