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<br /> CITY OF SHOREVIEW <br /> 4600 North Victoria Street, Shoreview, MN 55126 . Phone (612) 490-4600 . Fax (612) 490-4699 <br /> January 7, 1992 <br /> Honorable Mayor and City Council <br /> City of Arden Hills <br /> c/o Gary Berger, City Administrator <br /> 1450 West Highway 96 <br /> Arden Hills, MN 55112 <br /> Dear Mayor Sather and Members of the Council: <br /> The Shoreview City Council has asked me to inform you about a motion <br /> approved at their January 6th meeting requesting a meeting with the <br /> Arden Hills CounciL One of the purposes of the meeting requested by <br /> the Shoreview Council would be to consider the creation of a joint <br /> council committee which would investigate new functions, programs, and <br /> services of the two cities which might be merged, and whether or not a <br /> full merger of the two communities should be explored. The Counei I <br /> would also like to discuss any other matters of mutual interest. <br /> . During the discussion of this motion, Shoreview council members made it <br /> clear that they are not prejudging the merits of merging one or more <br /> functions. However, they noted several factors which make the timing of <br /> this proposal important: the interest of the Legislature in merging <br /> local government functions; common social, economic, and geographical <br /> factors; and the fact that both cities could approach such discussions <br /> as equal partners, <br /> Many similar discussions are occurring among cities throughout suburban <br /> Ramsey County, both formally and informally. Some of the discussions <br /> have proved useful and some have not. In any case, it was observed that <br /> no one on our present Council has ever participated in a joint meeting <br /> with the Arden Hills Council, which means it has been several years <br /> since the governing bodies of t~e two cities have met together. <br /> We have appreciated our good working relationship with you in recent <br /> years and look forward to exploring additional shared efforts that might <br /> be in the interest of the taxpayers of both communities. Please <br /> let us know if you are willing to meet jointly with the Shoreview City <br /> Council to discuss these and any other items of common interest. Thank <br /> you. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> '0 1::<0 ~ <br /> 0:.-u<< . <br /> . Dwigh D. Johnson, City Manager <br /> for the Shoreview City Council <br />