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<br /> ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - NOVEMBER 13,2001 5 <br /> if they turned down all requests, the Council needed to decide what other avenues they wanted to <br />. pursue. <br /> COUNCIL COMMENTS <br /> Councilmember Grant stated the Operations and Finance Committee meeting would be held on <br /> November 15,2001. <br /> Councilmember Rem stated there was a resignation from the Communications Committee. She <br /> noted there is one person willing to fill out an applicant. <br /> Mayor Probst stated that historically he has a proposed list of appointments together before the <br /> last meeting in December. He noted this allows the Council to be able to adopt them at the first <br /> meeting in January. He added he would appreciate any comments the Councilmembers had on <br /> these appointments. <br /> Councilmember Aplikowski stated the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities is having a <br /> meeting on the ramifications on the upcoming blueprint and natural resources inventory on <br /> November 29,2001. She noted it was to be held at City Hall. She added the Association's staff <br /> was concerned that cities were unaware of the impact of this blueprint. She stated the meeting <br /> would be from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. She noted it would be nice to have Councilmembers <br /> present since Arden Hills was hosting the meeting. <br />. Mayor Probst stated the information from Mills Corporation was a response to a request he made <br /> about a listing of facilities they have done. He noted that he urged Councilmembers to visit these <br /> sites if they were traveling. <br /> Mayor Probst noted the 35W Corridor Coalition was continuing to meet on a monthly basis. He <br /> added the focus of discussion was to plan for the legislative agenda for next year. He stated the <br /> Coalition received some funds last year, but not the amount they had requested. He noted the <br /> Coalition was putting together a proposal to do that this year. He added this session was a <br /> bonding session. He stated they were also looking at potential grant possibilities. He noted staff <br /> had been given the assignment to heighten the level of activity. He added the transportation <br /> study is to be complete soon. He stated they need to have some notion of improvements at the <br /> Arsenal property as part of that process. <br /> Mayor Probst added the Council packet had the new water rates listed. He stated he found it <br /> frustrating that the city had no ability to affect those rates. He noted the rates were increasing <br /> agam. <br /> Mayor Probst stated he had received an invitation from Congresswoman McCullum to attend a <br /> seminar on homeland security. He noted Mr. Todd Jones moderated it. He added there were <br /> speakers from the Science museum and the Department of Health. He stated the St. Paul Fire <br /> Chief discussed an emergency response. He noted there was also a local prospective. He added <br />. that no new information had been revealed. He stated it was a fairly comforting seminar. He <br /> noted he believed Minnesota was much further ahead than a lot of locations. He added <br /> Minnesota already knows how to deal with hazmat events. He stated there are some concerns <br />