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Special ~i ~~~a~~~~~ yeti Wage 21 provided their recommendations. Councilmember Kough did concur with Councilmember Ihlan that a Council consensus was necessary. Mayor Klausing offered his support in moving toward a consensus; however, opined that he "felt that he was being held hostage," and questioned if everyone was working in good faith to obtain unanimity. Councilmember Ihlan questioned the perception of Mayor Klausing, opining that such a perception was not a good start, and further opined that there were a number of policy issues that would not be completed by 2008. Councilmember Ihlan spoke in support of prioritizing the minimum requirements; and opined that it was under the Council's authority to hire a consultant, and they should all be participating in that hiring process. Councilmember Pust suggested language revisions for this process in an effort to move positively toward consensus, replacing "rewrite" with "discuss" to avoid the appearance of commitment to anything in the process. Councilmember Pust opined that there were a lot of peo- ple raising negative red flags without putting forth positive sugges- tions. In an effort to move the process forward, Councilmember Pust sought to find consensus, first identifying comments made by Councilmem- ber Ihlan that at a minimum it was necessary to comply with statutory requirements; and questioned staff on those minimum requirements. Ms. Radel noted the matrix previously outlined and distributed by former Community Development Director John Stark providing his professional opinion, along with the expertise of the Parks and Rec- reation Director and Public Works and Engineering Director on what needed to be done. Ms. Radel was unable to confirm, without further research, whether the vote for the Request for Qualifications and the Request for Proposal votes of the City Council were unanimous. Councilmember Pust clarified that, at least a majority of the Council had voted to move forward with the process; and suggested starting there, to determine how to get from that point to mid-2008 and sub- mission of the Comprehensive Plan Update, by making good faith ef-