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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 21,2014 Page 3 him, they could talk to him elsewhere. Mr. Callaghan reiterated that the City had made a significant mistake to grandfather someone (e.g. University of Northwest- ern) who was totally rebuilding something, while a neighbor of his with a disabled child had to go through considerable permitting and other processes to comply to modify their home to accommodate that disability. Mr. Callaghan expressed his concerns with the Public Hearing held at the Planning Commission, where the noise issue was not discussed, but a decision made beforehand by City staff. Mr. Callaghan asked the City Council if they had voided ordinances for half the City; or why they didn't treat everyone the same, or whether zoning ordinances didn't apply to the entire City, and suggested the City Council check with the City At- torney. c. Joe Schaeffer, Minnesota Native Landscapes, Inc., 8740 77th St NE Monticello,MN Mr. Schaeffer reiterated the comments made by Mr. Bowen tonight; with their firm also asked to participate in this charade called Parks and Recreation im- provements. Mr. Schaeffer stated that he also had a lot of concerns in how the process was conducted; and expressed his interest in making sure the Roseville City Council and residents knew what was going on. When the project was origi- nally announced, and his firm was asked to bid, Mr. Schaeffer stated that his ini- tial thought was that there would be no point in bidding, as Stantec was a Rose- ville firm, and would be awarded the bid. However, when he saw what all was involved in the project, Mr. Schaeffer opined that it became clear to him that Stantec was not as qualified as his firm or other contractors to do the job. Mr. Schaeffer advised that two other prominent and qualified restoration contractors had bowed out of the process. Mr. Schaeffer noted that the RFP process had been very costly for his firm, spending between $5,000 and $10,000; but pursued it thinking it would be a fair and reasonable process; with Stantec ultimately not stacking up with what his firm had to offer for those services. Mr. Schaeffer fur- ther stated that he had not been communicated with, even though leaving messag- es with staff, he didn't get return phone calls, which he opined was indicative of what was occurring with the entire process. Mayor Roe reiterated his comment that staff would follow-up as previously stat- ed. 4. Council Communications, Reports, and Announcements Mayor Roe acknowledged that notification had been received that the Roseville Area High School had been named as a finalist in the Environmental Education category for its involvement in the Youth Environmental Activists Minnesota (YEA!MN) project, Envi- ronmental Activism in Minnesota; a program connecting youth in the metropolitan area with finding solutions to encourage behavior change related to the environment. For those interested in supporting youth in these efforts, Mayor Roe advised that an awards ceremony was scheduled for May 22, 2014 at 5:30 p.m. at the Roseville Area High