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�N HILLS <br />Approved: August 29, 2011 <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING <br />JULY 11, 2011 <br />5:30 P.M. - ARDEN HILLS COMMUNITY ROOM <br />CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor David Grant called to order the City <br />Council work session meeting at 5:30 p.m. <br />Present: Mayor David Grant, Councilmembers Brenda Holden, Fran Holmes, Ed <br />Werner, and Nick Tamble. <br />Absent: None. <br />Also present: City Administrator Patrick Klaers, Public Works Director Terry Maurer, <br />Director of Finance and Administrative Services Sue Iverson, and Facilitator Bill Joynes <br />from Midwest Government Advisors. <br />DISCUSSION ITEMS <br />City Administrator Klaers provided an overview of the of the February 12, March 16, and the <br />May 2 goal setting work sessions held by the City Council. <br />Bill Joynes, Midwest Government Advisors, reviewed the process that Council went through to <br />identify the top goals for the City. Mr. Joynes stated that the Guiding Document plan includes <br />some action steps to accomplish the identified goals and also that the Guiding Document is a <br />"living plan" that will need to be changed as situations in the City change. The Guiding <br />Document is a combination of goals and tasks and identifies priority issues of the City Council. <br />The plan contains goals and tasks for City staff to work on over the next few years. Mr. Joynes <br />noted that a stadium project is one example of a developing situation that may require the plan to <br />be adjusted, especially the time frame for accomplishing the goals. Progress reports and Council <br />reviews of the plan are anticipated approximately every six months. It was noted that the plan <br />includes 18 goals but does not include the TCAAP site or a stadium proposal. <br />