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4 " 1 Benchmarks A review of recent Council actions January 29 Council Meeting ■ Approved Pay Estimate#2 for water February 12 Special main improvements on Old Highway Council Meeting • Received an update from Ramsey 10 and for improvements at Arden County on projects for County Road I Manor Park. ■ Accepted the Quit Claim Deed to the and Highways 96/10 interchange. new City Hall site from the Department ■ Approved Change Order#2 and Pay of Army. • Approved a sign variance for Metro Request#4 for City Hall construction. Community Credit Union. ■ Initiated a series of year-long activities supporting the city's 50th(golden) • Approved a preliminary plat/concept February 5 Council Meeting anniversary. planned unit development by Chesapeake for site at I-35W and 1-694. ■ Discussed possible sales tax exemption for City Hall construction and other Full minutes are available at the • Approved an amendment to issues with State Senator Mady Reiter. Arden Hills Library,City Hall,and Neighborhood Business District soon to be on line. language in Ordinance#324. ■ Approved Pay Request#1 for 2001 sanitary sewer rehab work. • Approved an application for one-day off-site gambling by the Lions Club. ■ Approved a Proclamation concerning the city's 50th anniversary. RESIDENTS RESPOND TO READERSHIP SURVEY Last fall, the Communications newsletter and distributed to every house- adequate information about specific Committee at City Hall conducted a hold in the community.About 310 residents issues like city council action,roadway readership survey to determine whether returned their surveys,representing a development,city services,finances and Arden Hills Notes was an effective way response rate of roughly 10 percent. city elections. for the City of Arden Hills to communicate The survey asked questions about In addition,the survey included a few with residents. readers'overall impressions of the questions about other city communication The survey was inserted into the newsletter's accuracy and readability.It tools,specifically its cable television station September edition of the ------- also asked residents whether or not they and its web site(which at that time was g--'" ° felt the publication provided them with still in the planning stage.) w�+ryr ® What the study revealed Overall,the survey — = bution dates have varied from month to The City Council has reviewed the study, showed that residents month. and the Communications Committee is view Arden Hills Notes as a 0' Second,readers want newsletter currently considering ways to incorporate good way for the city to communicate. stories that offer more detail and discuss recommendations into future editions of About 98 percent of respondents said that topics as they emerge rather than after Arden Hills Notes. they read at least part of the newsletter decisions have been made.This is particu- We want to take this opportunity to each month,and 96 percent agreed that it larly true when it comes to issues facing thank everyone who responded to the sur- was an effective communication tool. the City Council. vey.Communication between the city and However,survey results also suggest- c' Finally,readers would like to see its residents is important in helping main- ed some improvements that could make it tain the exceptional quality of life we all even better.Those improvements fall into more topics displayed graphically. enjoy in Arden Hills,and we appreciate Especially,when issues like roadway three broad categories. your help in our efforts to keep communi- O' First,readers want the newsletter to development and reconstruction are being cation flowing. discussed,readers want to see maps,dia- be delivered to them consistently,at the grams and charts in addition to text same time each month.In the past,distri- descriptions.