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I. I. I I I I I I I I. I I I I I I I Ie I MINUTES CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA WORKSESSION JULY 6, 1995 5:30 P.M. - CITY HALL - PUBLIC WORKS LUNCHROOM CALL TO ORDERlROLL CALL Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Probst called to order the City Council Worksession at 5:40 P.M. Present: Councilmembers Beverly Aplikowski, Paul Malone; Dale Hicks and Susan Keirn; City Administrator, Brian Fritsinger; City Accountant, Terry Post; Community Development Director, Kevin Ringwald; Park &Recreation Director, Cynthia Walsh; Administrative Assistant, Shirley Evenson. 3-a. EVEREST DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT City Administrator, Brian Fritsinger, discussed his meeting with Everest Development, who have a deadline of July I 5th to commit to the entire developement. Kevin Ringwald, Community Development Director, and Terry Post, City Accountant, .accompanied Mr. Fritsinger to the meeting and all agreed that Everest has increasingly made it more difficult to work with. They have become more demanding in their requests and have scaled back to some degree their upscale plans for the future project. The City Council agreed that if Everest cannot keep their original commitment to the project, and terms agreed upon by July IS, 1995, the City should reconsider all available options. 3-b. REVIEW OF FIVE (5'1 YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN Council and Staff discussed future budget plans for the City. Councilmember Hicks inquired as to upkeep of the trail schedule. Ms. Walsh, Director of Park and Recreation indicated it was on schedule. Councilmember Malone indicated the the City should carefully review the options available to the City when the contract is up with Lake Johanna Volunteer Fire Department. The Public Works budget should be discussed in further detail after our Public Works Superintendent, Mr. Dwayne Stafford, is on board. Mr. Fritsinger, indicated a letter would be drafted to Ramsey County regarding future assessments. The County staffhas not been very cooperative in providing information to the City regarding assessment rolls and promptness of same.