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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—MAY 22, 2023 6 Councilmember Holden reported she attended the Lake Valentine Elementary School carnival and noted this was a good fundraising event. Councilmember Holden addressed a comment made by Councilmember Fabel directed at her at the last regular City Council meeting in which he stated she does not like people who are hard of hearing. She noted she has advocated for people with disabilities for many years and explained this was a slanderous comment and she was insulted by it. She requested that Councilmember Fabel apologize to her for the comment as it was completely inappropriate and uncalled for. Councilmember Fabel laughed and stated this was simply his observation and that she has not treated him well. Councilmember Holden indicated that she does not like that Councilmember Fabel shows up at the last minute for the Council meetings and expects them to wait to start. Councilmember Holden commented on the AUAR discussion that was held at a previous Council meeting. She said that she is pro-development but explained her point was that she would have liked to have seen the current RFI process done properly. This does not mean she is not pro- development. She referenced several development projects she was involved in and reiterated that she and the previous Council were all pro-development. Mayor Grant read a long list of development projects that Councilmember Holden had worked on over the past several years in conjunction with previous City Councilmembers. Councilmember Rousseau thanked Lacey Loosbrook of the PTRC for volunteering to be the volunteer coordinator as PTRC member Kristine Poelzer was stepping down from this role. Councilmember Rousseau explained the City would be soliciting volunteers for the Economic Development Commission and noted this group would be meeting in the mornings once a month beginning in August. Councilmember Rousseau commented the Council meeting scheduled for June 19 would be moved to June 20, which meant the PTRC meeting would be moved to June 13. Councilmember Rousseau stated she saw a lot of lawnmowers out this past weekend. She suggested the Council consider a "Low Mow May" for 2024 based on new information that was presented by the University of Minnesota. Mayor Grant stated he attended the touch a truck event and reported he was rather pleased by the attendance. Mayor Grant reported Ramsey County Recycles was in Arden Hills in May. He noted there is a location for organics collection at the City's compost location off of New Brighton Road. He understood the County was working on expanding the organics recycling program and this could potentially would roll out in Arden Hills in 2025.