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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL- OCTOBER 9,2001 6 . Mr. Lynch noted the Ramsey County Board was faced with a $200,000 deficit because of the change in Tax Increment Financing (TIF) laws. He added the Board had notified the city the Ramsey County Public Works Facility would be on hold until it addresses the deficit. Mr. Lynch added the October 29, Regular City Council meeting would be held in the new city hall. He suggested Councilmembers arrive an hour ahead of time to become familiar with the new surroundings. The Council concurred. Mayor Probst stated the Council did have a brief conversation regarding a policy for the use of the new city hall. He noted it was clear the Council would receive a number of such requests. He added the Council should give it additional thought and take some formal action. COUNCIL COMMENTS Councilmember Grant stated he was glad to see that the city had received a number of requests to use the new city hall from the community. He noted that was a purpose of the city hall. Councilmember Grant stated there was a delay in the proposal for the RFP for the Ramsey County Public Works facility. He noted the Operations and Finance Committee would meet on the October 18,2001 to review the draft RFP. . Councilmember Larson stated the Parks, Recreation and Trails Committee had to cancel a work session scheduled for Saturday because so few were able to attend. He noted this would set back the schedule for the master plan for parks. He added the contractor needed to be more aggressive in completing work on time. He stated the process could be extended another month or so. Councilmember Larson noted his disappointed with the response from Dr. Jan Witthuhn of the School District. He stated Ms. Witthun did not feel comfortable writing a letter even though she acknowledged that the building official had spent a lot of time at Mounds View High School. Councilmember Rem stated she attended the regional Human Rights Conference at the end of September. She noted the State Department of Human Rights would be meeting in St. Paul in December and she would like to attend the meeting. Councilmember Rem stated Northwest Youth and Family Services were holding a fall fundraising gala at the end of the month. She invited all to attend and noted Councilmember Aplikowski's reservation of two tables this year. Councilmember Rem stated she was almost done reading the city code. She noted she would have a page of questions and comments on it for the next work session. She added she agreed with City Attorney Filla's letter regarding the redundancies in the city code. She asked if this was an appropriate time to make some of the changes referenced in the letter. She stated all of the definitions should be in one section. Mr. Lynch responded that from a financial standpoint . the process was at an end. He stated there would be additional charges from the codifier and the League of Minnesota Cities. He noted the city could get an electronic draft from the League. He added the Council should adopt the electronic version and then staff could make those changes.