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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—November 9, 2009 14 8. Unfinished Business aspects involved with this transportation project are an expertise that small cities do not typically have in house. The environmental assessment (EA) is anticipated to be posted for public comment in January 2010. Staff recommends assistance with the review of this document. The additional funding is broken down as; Task 1: the review of the EA, assisting with the public involvement process for the EA, and continued participation in monthly project meetings, Task 3: final design support and Task 2: continued investigation of noise mitigation and complete a feasibility report. Task 2 may be approved by the Council at a later date. Councilmember Holden stated there seemed to be several Bolton & Menk staff that attended meetings. She asked if there was a way to cut this number down since the City was paying to have these people at meetings. Civil Engineer Giga stated that the City currently has two contracts with Bolton & Menk and there have been a couple of incidences where the projects overlapped in meetings. She stated that she would review the number of meetings that they are asked to attend. Councilmember Holden stated that she would like responses to come from the City, not from Bolton &Menk. She stated that the line was blurred on where Bolton & Menk stops and the City starts. Councilmember Grant stated that he had similar concerns as Councilmember Holden. He asked to go over all the services from Bolton & Menk to see where the City would want internal versus external resources. He asked what the benefit was to having Bolton & Menk and what the specific value was to the City. He pointed out Land Use as an example of what he was asking. Ramsey County would be doing Land Use and does the City need Bolton & Menk to review this as well. He asked if they were providing a better look than if the City reviewed this. Civil Engineer Giga stated that the Roseville Staff does not have the expertise that some of these areas are looking at. Engineering firms have staff that have expertise in the various categories and they can see what might be sticking out that may not be normal to what is usually seen. Because Roseville Staff is not an expert in these fields they would not be able to provide as thorough a review. _ Councilmember Holden stated that Task 2 referred to the Briarknoll neighborhood. She asked if Norma Avenue and other areas would be included as well. Civil Engineer Giga stated that Task 2 was not part of what Staff is proposing to be approved at this time. This would be a follow up to the December work session and this would include the Norma Avenue area as well as the feasibility report. This entire area is referred to as the Briarknoll Neighborhood. The work session will also look at the request for the west side of Highway 10. Councilmember Holden pointed out that the scope of services provided was vaguer than they have been in the past. She asked if the City's scope of services were covered so that there would - not be added costs for services that the City thought were included. Civil Engineer Giga stated that Staff could ask for a more detailed breakdown.