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S ecial i Ca veil eeti array, August 06, 2007 Page 22 forts to move forward, opining that the work needed to get done, and a process was required. Councilmember Pust thanked staff for bringing forward the proposed schedule, and suggested that, rather than pre- judging the future, it was more important for the Council to work to- ward items of agreement. Additional discussion. included discussions with the Metropolitan Council on possible extensions; and additional difficulties created with turnover in the Community Development Department and in Di- rectors over the Last two years. Ihlan moved, Kough seconded, that the City Council serve as the Se- lection Committee to select a Comprehensive Plan Update consultant. There was additional discussion and confusion among Councilmem- bers on the intent of the proposed motion; public input and participa- tion in the selection process; final City Council decision before hiring a consultant no matter who served on the selection committee; initial narrowing of the field by staff from eight to three firms; scope of the work requested by the City Council; clarifying the selection commit- tee versus the steering committee; who would be involved in inter- viewing firms and how many firms to interview (two or three); and whether interviews of consultants would be held at a public meeting, in consideration of trade secrets and proprietary information. Mike Darrow, Interim Community Development Director Mr. Darrow, of the firm Short, Elliot, Hendrickson (S.E.H.) expressed his excitement to be working with the City in this capacity; and reiter- ated Ms. Radel's and staff's process provisions. Mr. Darrow noted that staff's urgency was due to the fact that the City of Roseville was one of the few cities who hadn't begun work on the Comprehensive Plan Update yet; and given statutory obligations, it was imperative that the process begin immediately. Mr. Darrow reviewed various options used by other communities for the process, both with heavy staff input, and with council-wide input; and advised that staff was open to either process, at the direction of the City Council.