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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL – MARCH 8, 2021 2 City Administrator Perrault explained staff had received Mr. Brown’s letter and was in contact with Mr. Mills, who sent another letter to the City Council. He reported the next step for Boston Scientific would be to complete a planning application to the City and noted Boston Scientific would be coming before the Planning Commission on April 7, 2021. He indicated it would be up to Boston Scientific to hold a neighborhood meeting to address the neighbor’s concerns. Mr. Brown asked if the Planning Commission meeting would be open to the public. City Administrator Perrault reported this meeting would be open to the public. Further discussion ensued regarding the process that would be followed to review and approve the Boston Scientific request. Mr. Brown commented he would be interested in Boston Scientific holding a meeting with the neighbors prior to the April 7, 2021 Planning Commission meeting. 3. RESPONSE TO PUBLIC INQUIRIES None. 4. PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS A. NineNorth (Formerly CTV North Suburbs) Update Dana Healy, NineNorth Executive Director, thanked the Council for their time. She introduced herself and NineNorth to the City Council noting NineNorth produces community focused digital media to educate and engage the public. She commented on how the space at NineNorth had been redesigned to focus on its missions. She described the services provided by NineNorth which included meeting coverage, web streaming, video production, social media coordination, cable playback and virtual events. She discussed how NineNorth was growing its social media presence. She commented further on how the pandemic stretched her cities and how NineNorth worked to provide access to hardware, software, expertise and content. She stated moving forward she would work to maximize efforts on behalf of Arden Hills which included quarterly reports and neighborhood networks, be a guest on Cities Speak, sign up for the e-blast, and to identify other video opportunities on behalf of the community. She thanked the Council for their time and encouraged the City Council to review NineNorth’s annual report. Councilmember Scott thanked the NineNorth technical team for working so diligently to move the City to Zoom meetings in a timely manner in 2020. He also thanked NineNorth for completing a video special on the Public Works plow crew. Councilmember Holmes requested further information regarding the audit that was recently completed for NineNorth. Ms. Healy discussed the recent audit and explained this occurred every seven years and noted the audit takes approximately 18 months to complete. She noted Arden Hills would be receiving a check from the findings before the end of March. She commented further on how PEG fees have been reduced by 40% over the past five years and how this led to a shift in services provided by