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The City of Arden Hills Joins Twin Cities Gateway Visitors Bureau Twin Cities Gateway is a regional convention and visitors bureau. Arden Hills has joined the Twin Cities Gateway’s nine other member cities: Anoka, Blaine, Coon Rapids, Fridley, Ham Lake, Lino Lakes, Mounds View, New Brighton, and Shoreview. The mission of Twin Cities Gateway is to promote the area to generate increased tourism-related economic impact for its member cities. The nonprofit organization is funded by the local option lodging tax collected by 25 lodging properties throughout its ten member cities. In adding the City of Arden Hills as a member city, the visitors bureau will be collecting lodging tax revenue from the city’s two hotels, Springhill Suites Arden Hills, and Quality Inn & Suites Arden Hills. For more information about the organization, visit tcgateway.com. Chick-fil-A Grand Opening On the morning of February 10th, a ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the grand opening of Arden Hills' new Chick-fil-A restaurant. City councilmembers and staff, friends and family of the owner, representatives from the Twin Cities North Chamber of Commerce, and others joined the celebration. The new franchise is located at 3855 Lexington Ave N at the location of the former Perkins. Benchmarks City News Continued February 14, 2022 City Council Meeting All items were approved unanimously by a 5–0 vote. • Appointed Marie Hinton as Chair of the Parks, Trails and Recreation Committee (PTRC) with the term as Chair expiring December 31, 2022. • Appointed Amy LaMere to the position of Customer Service Representative, a job-share position, filling an opening due to retirement. • Approved Ordinance 2022-001 eliminating two resident committees: The Communications Committee has been functioning for several years with assigned Councilmembers and Staff. The Financial Planning and Analyses Committee’s focus has been project-based, and instead of continuing to exist as a formal committee, it has been changed to a working group and called when needed. • Passed a Resolution to identify the City as the lead agency for the Mounds View High School Trail Improvements project as required for a federal Safe Routes to School grant application. This trail is planned to run north on Old Snelling from County Road E to Lake Valentine Road and then west on Lake Valentine Road (a trail already exists by the park) to Mounds View High School. For a complete listing of recent City Council actions, visit cityofardenhills. org and click on “View Agendas and Minutes.” NOW HIRING Do you want to work on a team involved with essential City operations? Come work with us! The City of Arden Hills is currently accepting applications for seasonal recreation and public works positions. For more information on these positions, please visit the City's Employment Opportunities page at www.cityofardenhills. org/425/Employment- Opportunities. Council Seeking Input about Food Trucks Ordinance The City Council is considering revising the Food Truck Ordinance. An Open House will be held to facilitate resident feedback about the potential changes, with details forthcoming. Currently, among the requirements provided in the ordinance are the following: • Residential properties may host food trucks for private, catered events (not events open for sales to the general public) • Food trucks cannot be parked on the street; they must be parked on private property • All food trucks must have a license with the City of Arden Hills Keep an eye out for more information about the open house on the City website. We want your input! Councilmember Holmes, Operator Alex Wilson, Councilmember Scott, and Councilmember Radziej 3