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Approved: August 23, 2021 <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br />CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL WORK SESSION JULY 26, 2021 <br />5:00 P.M. - ARDEN HILLS CITY HALL <br />CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Grant called to order the City Council <br />Special Work Session at 5:00 p.m. <br />Present: Mayor David Grant; Councilmembers Brenda Holden, Fran Holmes, Dave <br />McClung (attending remotely) and Steve Scott <br />Absent: None <br />Also present: City Administrator Dave Perrault; Interim Public Works Director David <br />Swearingen; Senior Planner Jessica Jagoe; Recreation Programmer Joe Vaughan, City <br />Clerk Julie Hanson; and PTRC Chair Jon Van Valkenburg (arrived at 5:05 p.m.) <br />1.AGENDA ITEMS <br />A.PTRC Trail Priority/Work Plan Discussion <br />Interim Public Works Director Swearingen stated the PTRC recently submitted its trail priority <br />list to the City Council dated April 20, 2021; following a discussion the City Council requested a <br />meeting with the PTRC Chair to discuss future PTRC work plans and direction from the City <br />Council. This meeting will serve as a preliminary meeting with the PTRC Chair to discuss PTRC <br />priorities, workplans, and set the stage for a future joint meeting between the City Council and the <br />PTRC. <br />Mayor Grant commented on the ten trails the PTRC selected. He noted this was a <br />recommendation from the PTRC and may or may not match up with the City’s priorities at this <br />time. He explained he saw the list as input from the PTRC. <br />Councilmember Holden stated the order of the projects should be considered in order to align <br />with the City’s street improvement program. She explained she was not interested in pursuing <br />Item #9 or #10. <br />Councilmember Holmes believed it would be beneficial for the city to clarify this was not a trail <br />priority list but rather was a recommended trail list to provide residents with greater clarity. <br />Attachment A