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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION—OCTOBER 23, 2023 3 Mayor Grant said he didn't know that they needed to have a Council liaison since they have a full-time communications person. He felt it should become a staff function. He felt any committee member that writes and article should go through the committee liaison. He didn't think the Council needed to go through him, they could go to the Senior Communications Coordinator or the City Administrator. Councilmember Fabel said the idea of a Council liaison was discussed at the Communications Committee meeting and staff felt it would be helpful to have a Council liaison as a conduit and filter for suggestions, articles or comments coming in from other Councilmembers. Councilmember Rousseau said she didn't want to put the City Administrator in the position that he has to make a decision to say no to Councilmembers' requests. Councilmember Monson stated if they are going to have City Councilmembers submit topics they need to have a liaison. If they don't have a liaison the Council should be eliminated from the process as much as possible except for proofreading. She'd like to continue with a Council liaison. She thought they should have a Lake Johanna Fire update annually, and a nature/environmental section. Councilmember Holden said they do put information in about the fire department each year, and the Sheriff department. Senior Communications Coordinator Cardona felt if there wasn't a Council liaison, the City Administrator should be the person topics are submitted to. City Administrator Perrault felt a Council liaison was a good thing to have if Council was giving feedback, input and submitting topics. He thought those things should go through the Council liaison as a gateway between Council and staff. If they move away from a Council liaison then Council involvement should be limited to proofreading. Staff was directed to update the policy per the discussion, and a Council liaison would stand for now. B. TCAAP Discussion Councilmember Rousseau wondered if there was going to be a bike path on the spine road. Mayor Grant said there was,but the design is only 60% done. Councilmember Rousseau showed examples of what a bike lane could look like. She felt they should make it equitable for people in cars along with other types of transportation. She loved the idea of a curb separating the bike lane. She also wondered how they would attract mom and pop businesses instead of chain businesses. Could they do some economic development levies? Mayor Grant said the developer would be getting the tenants. The City could try to incentivize, but it would have to be specified in the development agreement that was what the City wanted. Discussion ensued regarding the life cycle of new businesses.