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Approved: March 9, 2020 CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING FEBRUARY 18, 2020 5:00 P.M. - ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Grant called to order the City Council Work Session meeting at 5:00 p.m. Present: Mayor David Grant, Councilmembers Brenda Holden, Fran Holmes, Dave McClung and Steve Scott Absent: None Also present: City Administrator Dave Perrault, Public Works Director/City Engineer Todd Blomstrom, Community Development Manager/City Planner Mike Mrosla, Deputy Clerk Jolene Trauba, Public Works Superintendent Jeff Frid, GreenCorps Member Danica Mooney-Jones, Finance Director Gayle Bauman, CTV Director Dana Healy, CTV Municipal Media Coordinator Jared Wiedmeyer, and Karth Lake Improvement District Boardmembers Gary Gerding and Susan Johnson 1.AGENDA ITEMS Councilmember Holmes requested Item F be discussed after Item C. A.CTV Annual Update City Administrator Perrault stated CTV will be present to provide an annual update. Also, Council requested a proposal to upgrade the projector in the Council Chambers for a clearer picture, and that is still in progress. CTV identified a possible option but is requesting a demo model to ensure it would work with our current set up prior to making a recommendation. CTV Director Dana Healy introduced herself to the Council and discussed the core services being provided by CTV. She reviewed the statistics from 2019 and commented on the benefits of being a part of CTV. She commented on the importance of social media and how the public responded to content for Arden Hills. She then described how the content was analyzed by her staff. She discussed the upcoming feature that would be called Points of Light, which would feature local churches. She explained that a great deal of community was being created through these spotlight features. Another focus of CTV was to work with both the Ramsey County League