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Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Cook, Elvig and Pearson. Voting No: Councihnembers Kurak, Strommen and Zimmerman. Councilmember Strommen stated it pains her to vote against the planning, but she cannot vote in favor of it without public input. Motion by Councihnember Elvig, seconded by Councilmember Pearson, to hold a public input session after Hoisington and Koegler Group, Inc. ratifies the concept of the greenway, parks, trails, and infi'astructure in the area of the comprehensive plan amendment study. The format of the public input session should be discussed at a worksession. Further discussion: Councilmember Strommen stated she will support public input, but hopes there will bc more conversation about what it will entail. Councilmember Zimmerman stated a timeline has not been laid out for the public input process, and the public will end up being presented with a plan the City has put together. Councilmember Elvig stated the public input should be obtained after the two layers of greenway and infrastructure information have been gathered. Councilmember Kurak asked if the motion is clear to staff. Assistant Community Develop~nent Director Trudgeon responded the direction is to proceed with the public input process when some of the basic layers of information are completed. Councilmember Elvig stated the only layers that should be completed are the feasibility study for sewer and water, and grecnspacc information. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Elvig, Pearson, Cook, Kurak and Strommen. Voting No: Councilmember Zimmerman. Motion by Councilmember Pearson, seconded by Councilmember Elvig, to authorize staff and Bolton & Menk to begin the design of the infrastructure extension project. Further discussion: Councilmember Kurak requested the Council receive information regarding how these costs will be recouped by the City in the future. Councilmember Zimmerman asked if competitive bidding was used with this. Assistant Public Works Director Olson replied bidding is not required for professional service. These costs are extremely competitive for this type of project. Councihnember Zimmerman stated the only thing the public knows is if there were bidders and who had the lowest bid. Assistant Public Works Director Olson stated he does not know that they would want the low bid for professional services. Mayor Gamec noted Bolten & Menk is a firm the City has been working with and the City is comfortable with their work. Councihnember Zimmerman stated engineering costs were not part of the strategic planning session; it was only for planning. Councilmember Elvig stated planning cannot be done without designing. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Pearson, Elvig, and Cook. Voting No: Councilmembers Kurak, Strommen and Zimmerman. City Council/May 11, 2004 Page 34 of 36