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Councilmember Anderson stated that it was her understanding that that the Met Council might fund some of the studies. City Administrator Norman replied that that was a possibility. Motion by Councilmember Kurak, seconded by Mayor Gamec, to enter into an agreement with Associated Retail Consulting to perform a market analysis for the proposed town center area and adopt Resolution #02-05-116 transferring $25,000 from the Council Contingency Fund to the professional services budget of Planning & Zoning, and direct staff to research the possibility of using TIF funds to fund the study. Further discussion: Councilmember Zimmerman stated that if they are unable to use TIF funds he would be in agreement with using the Council contingency fund, but if there are going to be additional costs it could be a problem. Mayor Gamec replied that the Council would have to approve any additional funds. Councilmember Anderson stated that if they are going to spend $25,000 she would like to receive a lot of information. Councilmember Hendriksen stated that one problem with the proposal is that they are charging a fee of $50.00 for five executive summary reports, but no summary information. He stated that he would like to see something that is delivered in an electronic format that could be placed on the City's website. Motion was amended to include that there be a full document done in an electronic format. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Kurak, Anderson, Hendriksen, and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. Case #13: Consider Council Update Policies City Administrator Norman stated that during the May 6, 2002 Council work session, the City Council discussed a draft policy in regards to the Council update, which is cablecast over the public access channel. The first policy was in regard to the Councilmember conduct in representing the full Council during the Council update and any other public forum. The second policy was related to the scheduling of Councilmembers for the Council update, when the Council goes to a seven-member Council. Motion by Councilmember Kurak, seconded by Councilmember Anderson, to adopt the policies related to the Council Update cable cast on the public access channel and public forum conduct. Further discussion: Councilmember Hendriksen inquired if the Mayor would be prohibited from making his opinion in a public forum if the new policy is adopted. City Administrator Norman replied that he would be able to state his personal opinion as long it as it is known that it was his personal opinion and not the view of the entire Council. Councilmember Hendriksen inquired as to how they were going to handle the issue of discussing how a vote occurred. He felt that restricting the discussion on how a vote was made is censorship. City Attorney Goodrich City Council/May 14, 2002 Page 30 of 36