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r ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL— APRIL 9, 2001 10 Mayor Probst stated staff should give Shoreview a call. He noted they paid for tunnel under Highway 96 and should be able to give us an approximation. Mayor Probst stated ours would be more expensive than theirs because of terrain issues. Councilmember Larson stated Ramsey County had said at one time,there might be an opportunity for cost sharing. Mr. Lynch stated that discussion was regarding tunneling under a water pipe at County Road I. Mayor Probst stated Shoreview had an advantage that the grade was working for them. Councilmember Aplikowski stated she recommended listening to the governance tapes. She noted it opened her eyes as to what communication gaps there are. She added they owe it to themselves to look at the style and decide what parts they could or could not do. Councilmember Aplikowski noted the League of Minnesota Cites annual meeting program. She added one of the workshops is on the challenges of an elected official. She stated that hopefully Council could find time to come to attend in June. Councilmember Aplikowski stated the City Events Task Force is having frequent meetings. She noted the Day in the Park event is moving forward with great speed. She added they do have quite a bit of donations, but they are going to solicit smaller businesses as well. She added small businesses do not get the city's newsletter. Mayor Probst asked the reason businesses do not. Mr. Lynch responded the newsletter is mailed under a bulk mail permit. Councilmember Larson stated the business rate is different. Councilmember Grant stated he thinks it would be well worth it. He noted it is reaching out to the community and we are trying to publicize the 50"'Anniversary. Councilmember Larson stated all the issues should go out to all of the businesses. Mayor Probst directed staff to look at the logistics in mailing it out to all businesses. Councilmember Aplikowski stated it is a special labeling process. She noted once they are labeled they could go out in bulk. She added there are different ways to do it. She stated volunteers could be utilized. Councilmember Aplikowski stated they are discussing the Grand Marshal for the parade. She noted they are trying decide if they should have one and who it is should be. Councilmember Larson suggested the oldest resident. Councilmember Aplikowski responded there are quite a few in the over eighty-five category.