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City Council Minutes March 14, 2005 Page 3 . Councilmember Motin asked if other than the cost, was there a reason not to do this. City Engineer Maurer stated that this would be as cost effective as possible. If the road is widened, with the grade change, the trail would have to be redone. He also stated that he would like Council to realize and to direct staff to let the homeowners know that this will be in their front yard. Some of the homes will be rather close to the trail. Council concurred with this suggestion. The funding source identified could be the liquor store, street reserve or park dedication fund. City Administrator Klaers suggested the liquor store fund. MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER FARBER AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER GUMPHREY TO CONSTRUCT FOR $8,900.00 A 1,200 FOOT - 6 FOOT WIDE, 2 INCH BITUMINOUS PATH WITH FUNDING TO COME FROM THE LIQUOR STORE FUNDS. MOTION CARRIED 5-0. 5.4 Natural Resources Inventory Task Force . Director of Planning Michele McPherson stated that the Parks and Recreation Commission had adopted a list of implementation strategies in regards to the Natural Resources Inventory. A recommendation is to form a task force to implement the recommendations of the Natural Resources Inventory. It has been suggested that the composition of this task force be two Parks and Recreation Commission members, two Planning Commission members, and a Councilmember. This task force will move towards implementing strategies that will be market based. Once a task force is formed, staff will work on scheduling the meetings. MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER GUMPHREY AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER FARBER TO AUTHORIZE THE FORMING OF A TASK FORCE WITH COUNCILMEMBER FARBER PARTICIPATING AS A MEMBER. MOTION CARRIED 5-0. 5.5. Community Development Director Update City Administrator Klaers gave a follow-up to the discussion of February 14, 2005 wherein the City Council decided to hire a professional executive search firm for the Community Development Director position. He explained that he had received information from the League of Minnesota Cities on executive search firms, and that he had contacted Personnel Decisions, Inc., Sathe Executive Search Firm, and Springsted for proposals. The Council discussed the three groups stating their concerns, discussing the firms' experiences and giving their overall impressions of these three groups. MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER FARBER AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER GUMPHREY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR SELECTION PROCESS BY HIRING SATHE EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM. MOTION CARRIED 5-0. .