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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - February 25, 2008 9 Councilmember Holmes stated regarding the 10 and 96 concept plan, that based on conversations at the previous worksession and Council meetings, it was her understanding that the Council had to approve the concept plan by the end of February. Mayor Harpstead stated the City has pulled it out of any financial requests; as a result, the City has lost a year of funding and support for this. Councilmember Holmes asked why it was pulled, adding that she thought the City was trying to get it done in time to submit a funding request. Interim City Administrator Willis stated it was the intent of the City and the staff, as well as the representatives at Ryan, that there would be a decision on the concept plan before the end of February. He stated that based on recent Council discussions, staff is planning to come back to the Council at its first worksession in March with the matrix containing the Council's responses from the February 13 worksession meeting along with an outline of how staff suggests moving forward in order to provide direction for the preparation of the concept plan. Councilmember Holmes stated she thought the City Council was already at that point and that the City Council was trying to resolve all issues related to the concept plan in order to get it into the bonding bill, but now it is too late. Interim City Administrator Willis stated he did not believe the City Council had made a decision to proceed with the concept plan. Councilmember Holmes stated it was her understanding that the City Council wanted to have another worksession before the end of the month for that purpose. Interim City Administrator Willis stated that was not his understanding and apologized for the misunderstanding. He stated that staff needs to get together to come up with a process for the City Council's consideration. Councilmember Holmes stated she thought the City Council had determined at its worksession on February 13th that it did not need a drawn concept plan but rather, to come up with a number of ideas; the City Council expressed concern at that meeting that it wanted to get this into the bonding bill. She added there appears to be a disconnect if staff feels the City Council decided it was not worth it to try to get this into the bonding bill, and now it is too late. Councilmember Holden concurred with Councilmember Holmes and added Chris Roy from Mn/DOT indicated to the City Council that he could work off of the City Council's comments. Mayor Harpstead noted that the House and Senate accelerated their process on the bonding bills; the bonding bills were packaged and moved forward last Thursday, which is faster than he thought.