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City Council Study Session <br />Monday, Apri116,2007 <br />Page 12 <br />� Mr. Stark provided a draft "Request for Qualifications" as an initial <br />� step in identifying the most appropriate consultants to assist in the <br />� Comprehensive Plan update. <br />� <br />� Mayor Klausing and Councilmembers Pust and Roe expressed their <br />�a concerns regarding the timing and looming deadline by extending the <br />� process by having a two-step process for qualifications and proposals. <br />� <br />� <br />].� <br />]� <br />12. <br />1� <br />�� <br />Considerable discussion ensued regarding staffs rationale in seeking <br />qualifications, rather than directly seeking proposals; quality of re- <br />sponsive consultants, their expertise and price ranges; and land use <br />designations identified by staff in the chart proposed for "complete <br />overhaul" based on reactions from the Metropolitan Council's repre- <br />sentative regarding its basic structure and cumbersome areas. <br />1.� <br />�� Councilmember Ihlan spoke in support of the two-step approach, to <br />�� avoid the Council needing to make an immediate decision among al- <br />18 ternatives or committing to which part of the plan needs updating the <br />1� most; and her ongoing concerns regarding costs for the update. <br />�� <br />�1 <br />�2 <br />�3 <br />�� <br />�� <br />��� <br />�� <br />�� <br />�� <br />�� <br />�� <br />3� <br />Councilmember Roe concurred that costs needed to be kept in mind; <br />however, opined his continued support for a"hybrid" approach for the <br />updates. <br />While Councilmember Pust opined that pursuing a two-step process <br />by seeking qualifications, then proposals, seemed to extend the a1- <br />ready-short timeframe for updating the Comprehensive Plan, she de- <br />ferred her trust to staffs recommendation. <br />Councilmember Klausing concurred with Councilmember Pust's def- <br />erence to staffs recommendation. <br />�� By consensus, staff was directed to proceed with Requests for Quali- <br />�� fications, without additional City Council action to initiate the proc- <br />:�� ess, to further accelerate the process. <br />�6 <br />�7 e. <br />38 <br />�<� <br />Mold at Fire Station #1— Discussion of Alternatives for Address- <br />ing the Mold at Fire Station #1 <br />