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<br /> ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION MINUTES <br /> July 18, 2005 6 <br /> . <br /> Mayor Aplikowski asked City staff to contact the event organizer for New Brighton, Mounds <br /> View, and Shoreview. Members of the City Council will contact community members to brain <br /> storm different revenue raising ideas for the Celebrate Arden Hills event. <br /> Shared Enl!:ineerinl!: Services with the Citv of Roseville <br /> City Administrator Michelle Wolfe provided the City Council with an overview of the proposed <br /> shared engineering services with the City of Roseville. The City of Roseville is also discussing <br /> this item at their work session meeting tonight. The last time City staff met with Roseville's <br /> representatives, the decision was made to inform the respective City Councils of this idea and to <br /> seek authorization to proceed with the development of an agreement. <br /> Councilmember Holden asked why a civil engineer would want to work for two different <br /> communities. <br /> City Administrator Wolfe said that technically the engineer would be a Roseville employee. It <br /> would be very diffieult for Arden Hills to recruit an engineer being that we do not current have a <br /> registered professional engineer on staff. A civil engineer must be supervised by a registered <br /> professional engineer in order to obtain his/her license. <br /> . Councilmember Larson requested that staff move forward with this proposal, but he is concerned <br /> about sharing services with a second community. It could result in some project delays. <br /> City Administrator Wolfe estimated that this employee would be dedicated to the City of Arden <br /> Hills a large percentage of the time. The City would also have aceess to the other engineering <br /> services being offered by the City of Roseville for the remaining percentage of the time. In the <br /> future, additional staffing may be needed if the TCAAP project moves forward. <br /> Members of the City Council were comfortable with the idea of continuing to explore the sharing <br /> of engineering services with the City ofRoseville. <br /> Proposed Shade Tree Ordinance <br /> Operations and Maintenance Director Tom Moore provided the City Council with an overview <br /> of the draft shade tree ordinance. City staff has reviewed the shade tree ordinance for the Cities <br /> of New Brighton, Columbia Heights, Andover, and Shoreview. After reviewing the existing <br /> ordinance, City staff determined that it would be more advantageous to revise the existing <br /> ordinance. The intention of the proposed ordinance is to more clearly define the tree removal <br /> proeess and the City's regulations regarding the role of the City Forester and proper procedures <br /> for removing shade trees that are eonsidered diseased and unsalvageable. <br /> City Administrator Wolfe stated that the proposed ordinance contains underlining and language <br /> strikes of new and old language in the draft ordinance. The new ordinance ties together the <br /> City's shade tree and public nuisance ordinances. <br /> . <br /> 6 <br />