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REVIEW <br />SCOPE OF <br />SERVICES <br />FOR <br />PLANNING <br />RFP <br />MINUTES OF THE WORKSHOP MEETING <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA <br />NOVEMBER 10, 2010 <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a workshop meeting of the City <br />Council of Little Canada, Minnesota was convened on the 10th day of <br />November, 2010 in the Council Chambers of the City Center located at <br />515 Little Canada Road in said City. <br />Mayor Bill Blesener called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. and the <br />following members of the City Council were present at roll call: <br />CITY COUNCIL: Mayor <br />Council Member <br />Council Member <br />Council Member <br />Council Member <br />ALSO PRESENT: City Administrator <br />Planning Comm. <br />Planning Comm. <br />Planning Comm. <br />Planning Comm. <br />Planning Comm. <br />Planning Comm. <br />City Clerk <br />Mr. <br />Ms. <br />Mr. <br />Mr. <br />Mr. <br />Mr. <br />Mr. <br />Mr. <br />Mr. <br />Mr. <br />Mr. <br />Mr. <br />Ms. <br />Bill Blesener <br />Shelly Boss <br />John Keis <br />Mike McGraw <br />Rick Montour <br />Joel R. Hanson <br />Dan Knudsen <br />Tom Duray <br />Scott Barraclough <br />Jon Hall <br />Chuck Pitchman <br />Tom Fischer <br />Kathy Glanzer <br />The City Administrator reported that based on the City's Financial <br />Policies that were adopted in 2006, the City should obtain requests <br />for proposals (RFPs) on City consulting services every five years. Such <br />proposals were recently obtained for legal and auditing services. <br />RFP's will now be sought for planning, engineering and bond <br />counsel services. The purpose of this evening's workshop is to review a <br />draft scope of services for planning consulting as well as develop a <br />timeline for the RFP process. <br />The City Administrator reported that Northwest Consultants has been the <br />City's planner since at least 1980, and has done a good job for the City. <br />However, the RFP process will determine whether the current scope of <br />services is still appropriate, whether there are different approaches relative <br />to this service, as well as will provide information relative to pricing. <br />There was discussion about the fact that in addition to receiving RFPs <br />from planning consultant firms, the City may get proposals from cities in <br />the area seeking to provide planning services. Those proposals would be <br />reviewed and evaluated along with RFPs received from independent firms. <br />