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City Engineer Jack Griffin gave two reasons why this is a critical activity for the City to undertake. First, and foremost, it will continue to help the City to have the information that it needs to do local transportation planning and to provide input to the county and state on transportation issues like Highway 36 access; and, second, the transportation plan is required as part of the City's 2008 comprehensive plan update. Council Member DeLapp asked why TKDA is not on the list for the RFQ. City Engineer Jack Griffin explained that as city engineer, he would be managing the project. Administrator Hoyt explained that TKDA as the city engineer has a significant number of City projects including the water plan, the sewer plan, the wellhead protection plan and the development review responsibilities. The transportation plan with its significant information gathering and public input process will be a major work project. Council Member DeLapp said he would vote against the motion because TKDA is not on the list of firms being asked to provide an RFQ and he trusts TKDA because it has been the city engineer for so many years. Motion: Council Member Johnson moved to authorize the city administrator and city engineer to prepare and distribute a request for qualifications (RFQ) fora transportation plan to the followingftrms: SRF Consulting, SEH, WSB Bonestroo, and ZAN Associates. Council Member Park seconded the motion. Mayor Johnston and Council Members Johnson, Park and Smith voted in favor and Council Member DeLapp voted against. Consider a process for establishing a fee for future development to cover the cost of the Village AUAR environmental study Administrator Hoyt reported on the process for developing a fee for the Village Alternative Urban Area wide Review Process to recover the costs for this environmental review. The new fee will be charged to properties in the Village as the developers submit proposals and will be adjusted to capture inflation. Motion: Council Member Johnson moved to direct staff to begin the process of crafting the proposed fee and associated ordinance. Council Member DeLapp seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: o Mayor is working with Jennifer Pelletier, who is spearheading a school zone around Lake Elmo Elementary School, to have a public meeting on the school safety issues. o Council Member Johnson encouraged residents to support the Fire Department Fiftieth Anniversary celebration. LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES September 4, 2007