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COUNCIL MINUTES JUNE 27, 2005 APPROVED 058 Councilmember Dahl moved to approve the FIRST READING of Ordinance 03-05, Amending 359 Ordinance No. 16-01, Market Place Planned Development Overlay District. Councilmember Reinert 360 seconded the motion. 361 362 Motion carried. Councilmember Dahl voted yea. Councilmember Reinert voted yea. 363 Councilmember Carlson voted yea. Mayor Bergeson voted yea. Councilmember Stoltz was absent. 364 365 Ordinance No. 03-05 can be found in the City Clerk's office. 366 367 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT (cont.) 368 369 C. Consideration of Communication Plan Services 370 371 City Administrator Heitke presented the Staff report, indicating this is being brought to the Council as 372 the result of direction from a Council work session. 373 374 Todd Rapp, Himle Horner reviewed the proposal, noting the cost, excluding out of pocket expenses is 375 $6,250 for a four month period from July 15, 2005 to November 15, 2005. He reviewed some of the 376 other cities Himle Horner has worked with, and who the project contacts would be. He stated they do 377 not view this as a communication plan on a one-time referendum issue, but as a longer-term 378 communication plan on the City's Pavement Management Program. W3379 80 Councilmember Carlson commented the City has had the same two sections of road on the 381 referendum before, and are again holding public meetings with the neighborhoods. She asked if there 382 was anything besides a petition against the projects that would prevent it from being on the 383 referendum. City Administrator Heitke stated only a petition would prevent it being on the 384 referendum. 385 386 Councilmember Carlson noted that there were comments at the work session that it would not be 387 possible to get a fully engaged public in four months. She stated she is concerned about the tight 388 timeline, and she would prefer to see a citizen survey done with the money budgeted for that purpose. 389 390 Mr. Rapp stated it is a tight timeframe if the goal is to get the issues on a referendum and have the 391 community have a full understanding of the Pavement Management Plan. He stated his 392 recommendation would be a longer term communication plan to provide a full understanding of the 393 Pavement Management Plan. 394 395 Councilmember Reinert moved to adopt Resolution No. 05-89 authorizing the Development and 396 Implementation of a Communication and Citizen Awareness Plan and Entering into a Contract with 397 Springsted, Inc., partnering with Himle Horner. Mayor Bergeson seconded the motion. 398 399 Councilmember Reinert reviewed how they came to the suggestion of having a communication plan. 400 He stated there are two areas of road reconstruction on the ballot this fall, and both have been on a •t01 ballot previously. He indicated he believes they failed because of lack of information on the projects 402 and how road reconstruction works in this city. He stated most cities do not repair roads in the way 9