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. . . ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL -"1EETING MINUTES JAi\1JARY 2,2002 4 Councilmcmbcr Larson mentioned that he would still bc in favor of haying City Council meetings begin at 7:00 p.m. and wondered if any other members support the idea. The Council discussed the proposal and by conscnsus agreed to begin City Council meetings at 7:00 p.m., and adjourning no later than 10:00 p.m. Councilmember Larson indicated hc will be gone from January 5 through January 20, 2002. He will not be in attendancc at the January 14, 2002, City Council meeting, but indicated he would like the Council to find a way to financially support recreation programs, and also would like City Council to find a way to fund the proposed capital improvemcnts for 2002 as previously presented. Councilmember Aplikowski mentioned that originally the Operations and Finance Committee had its membership branched out to attcnd other meetings so therc was involvement and information exchanged bctween members of the Operations and Finance Committee and various other committccs. Councilmember Aplikowski also mentioned that she had read the book "Who Moved My Checsc?", and had tapes as well, and they were available for allY City Council member who was interested. Councilmember Aplikowski also wanted to indicate that she did not want to sce more recounting of stories from the consultant at the retreat but rather get straight to the point and get to solutions to concerns between and amongst City Council members at thc retreat. Councilmember Aplikowski also thanked Councilmember Rem for the infonnation on thc TCAAP meeting on January 10,2002. Mayor Probst indicated that the letter from Senator Dayton's office was at their mging and hc was not sure of the agenda for the meeting but looked for support from the City Council to have a briefing with Senator Dayton and his staff before the mccting on January lO so that there was no surprisc about thcir proposal to go forward with special legislation to obtain property for the City of Arden Hills. Mayor Probst also reviewed a letter he had reccivcd dated December 21,2001, from Representative Betty McCollum, to Gcncral Paul Kirk of Anny Materiel Command, wanting a meeting to talk about property being declared excess and concerns that she had about the removal of contamination and the pressure that redevelopmcnt of the property to industrial would present to the property. Probst turned ovcr the letter to staff to copy for the City Council. Mayor Probst indicated that he had reccivcd the installation restoration program for the Twin Citics Army Ammunition Plant Newsletter indicating that the TCAAP plume clcan up was occuning faster than originally anticipated. A copy of this will be sent to all City Council members as well.