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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — APRIL 15, 2024 11 City Administrator Perrault questioned if the Council wanted to set an age limit for youth commissioners. Councilmember Monson recommended only an age minimum be set for youth commissioners. Councilmember Rousseau indicated she was not interested in pursuing this type of language. She was of the opinion two youth commissioners seemed appropriate on the PTRC given the fact this group has 13 members. She also believed the EDC could support two youth members. City Administrator Perrault stated the committee/commission language currently states one youth commissioner was allowed. He requested further direction from the Council on how to address the additional youth commissioner. Councilmember Monson questioned what the criteria was for the youth commissioners. City Administrator Perrault stated the youth commissioners had to be enrolled as a high school sophomore, junior or senior. Council directed the City Administrator to work with the City Attorney on ordinance language allowing for only up to two members that could qualify as Youth Members. E. Committee/Commission Liaison Roles and Responsibilities City Administrator Perrault stated as part of the earlier LMCIT discussion, Council requested to discuss the roles and responsibilities of Council Liaisons. The role of the liaison has not been formally discussed in the past, below is the applicable ordinance that pertains to the liaisons. Subd. 14 Council Liaison. The City Council shall appoint a council member to serve as a liaison to each Board, Committee, Commission or other Appointed Body. City Administrator Perrault explained Council may want to discuss how it defines the liaison role, possible expectations and if a formal policy needs to be approved and/or ordinance changes need to be made. Council could also discuss how it wants updates from its committees/commissions and their workplans/projects. As part of the previous discussion, Council discussed adding formal reports from Council Liaisons to agendas; however, this was put on hold pending a discussion on what the expectations are regarding updates. Council may want to discuss and direct Staff on this. Councilmember Rousseau indicated she was looking for direction on how to bring items back to the City Council from the PTRC/EDC/Planning Commission. She explained the PTRC has created a road map for future projects and they want to inventory all rain gardens in Arden Hills in order to create a renovation program. She commented she would like buy -in from the Council on this matter before the PTRC moves forward with this project. Councilmember Holden reported all rain gardens have to be reported to the Rice Creek Watershed District and the City has contracts with everyone who has a rain garden.