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Specia� City C�uz�cii Mee�ing Monday, August 46, 2U07 �'age 22 1 forts to mave forward, opining that the work needed to get done, and a 2 process was required. Councilmernbe� Pust �hanked staf�' �or bringing 3 foarward the proposed schedule, and suggest�d that, xathe�r than pre- 4 judging the future, it was more important fox ihe Counci� ia work to- 5 ward items of agreemen�. 6 � 8 9 �o �� 12 13 14 l� 1C 17 18 19 20 2� 22 23 24 25 Additzonal discussion included discussions with th� M�tropolitan Cauncil on possible ex�ensions, and addi�ional di�ficulties created with turnover in the Community Dev��apmcnt Departm�n� and �n Di- rectors over the last two years. Ihlan moved, Kough seconded, that the City Council serve as the Se- lection Cammitt�e ta select a Comp�ehensive Plan Update cansultan�. There was additiona� discussion and confusion among Counci�mem- be�r� on �he in�ent of the praposed mo�ion; public input and participa- tion in the seleetion p�ocess; f nal City Counci� deczs�on be�oxe h��ing a consultan� no ma�ter who served on the selection cornrr�ittee; iniiial naz-�owing o� the field by siaf� from eight to three �rms; scape of the work requested by the City Council; c�arifying the selection commzt- tee versus the steering committ��; who would be involved in inter� viewing fi�ms and how many fz�ms to inte�view (two or three); and whether interviews of consu�tants would be held at a public meeting, in cpnsidera�ion of �ade secrets and proprietary in�orrnaiion. 26 Mike Darxaw, Int�rim Cc�m�unYty Developm�nt Director 27 Mr. Da�-row, o� the �rm Shart, Ellioi, H�ndrickson (S.E.H.} expressed 28 his excit�ment to be working with the City in this capacity; and reiter- 29 ated Ms. Radel's and s�af�'s process provisions. Mr. Darrow noted 30 that s�a�f's urgency was due to th� fact �ha� the Ci�y of Ros�ville was 3� one of the few cities who hadn't begun wo�k on the Comp�rehens�ve 32 F1an Update yet; and given statutory ob�igations, �t was imperative 33 �hai the p�ocess begzn irnmed�ate�y. 34 35 M�. Darrow rev�ew�d various options used by o�her communities for 36 the process, both with heavy sta�'f input, and with council-wide input; 37 and advised that sta��' was open to �ither p�oc�s�, at the dxx�ct�an o�' 38 the City Council. 39