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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — APRIL 18, 2022 10 Mayor Grant asked staff to put a list together of what they could do against the $1.1 million with a preference toward water and put it in the Admin update. E. New Resident Guide City Administrator Perrault stated that at a previous meeting Council discussed a new resident resources page on the website and marketed to residents. The website was updated and the Resources page was sent to Council for review. If they are comfortable with the page as drafted they can talk about next steps. It will be changed to Resident Resources and a link put prominently on the main page of the website. Mayor Grant asked if they could take off the election totals for Councilmember McClung. Councilmember Holden wanted to stress no overnight parking. Councilmember Radziej felt the link should added to water bills, possibly on the outside of the envelopes and as part of the email for auto pay customers. Councilmember Holden asked if they could add fences under the permits section. Mayor Grant asked if they could make Eye on Water more prominent in the body of the page. Councilmember Radziej asked if they would only send postcards etc. to all residents or just new residents. City Administrator Perrault said the previous discussion involved some sort of new resident packet which could be sent as utility bills change. Postcards could be printed internally and mailed to new residents for an approximate cost of $200 a year. Councilmember Holmes liked the idea of a postcard telling them about the website and bullet points of the top 20 things new residents should know. Mayor Grant said they could put the link in the Arden Hills notes and on utility bills. City Administrator Perrault said staff would put the link on the main page of the website. F. Discussion on PC Joint Meeting City Planner Jagoe stated the last time there was a joint meeting with the Planning Commission was in 2016 with review of the Planning Commission work plan, there was also a joint meeting in 2017 for the 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update. Possible topics were included in the memo; ordinance amendments listed were a carryover of topics previously identified or from a review of code language by staff. Refinement of the list would be necessary for staff to do research and develop ordinance language. Staff would also like feedback on what night of the week a joint meeting might be held. City Planner Jagoe explained that as part of onboarding, new Commissioners went through Planning Commission 101 training; process and ordinance information and their review process. Some commissioners also went through League of Minnesota Cities Land Use training.