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Approved: February 13, 2023 CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION JANUARY 3, 2023 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 at 5:00 p.m. Present: Mayor David Grant; Councilmembers Tom Fabel (arrived at 5:03 p.m.), Brenda Holden, Tena Monson and Emily Rousseau Absent: None Also present: City Administrator Dave Perrault; Public Works Director/City Engineer David Swearingen; Finance Director Gayle Bauman; Community Development Director Jessica Jagoe; City Attorney Joel Jamnik; Assistant to the City Administrator/City Clerk Julie Hanson; Brian Johnson, SRF Consultants; and Brian Isaacson, Ramsey County Public Works Director Mayor Grant noted the special work session was being televised and there would be a number of issues discussed this evening. He explained for those viewing the meeting that because this was a work session, there would be no final decisions made and that there would be no voting as such. He explained that work sessions are casual and that because the meeting starts at 5:00 p.m., Councilmembers may be seen eating as they may have come directly from work. 1. AGENDA ITEMS A.County Road E and Old Snelling Intersection Improvements Discussion Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen introduced the item and noted that Brian Johnson of SRF Consultants and Brian Isaacson, Ramsey County Public Works Director, were also present. He referred the Council to the memo which contained a bullet point history of this project. Brian Johnson, SRF Consultants, stated that he has been working on this project along with the City and Ramsey County for about a year and a half. He noted that tonight’s presentation before the City Council was a compilation of previous presentations and provides the history on the