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. . . ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JULY 26, 2004 9 Councilmember Rem asked if Mr, Finn could purchase the property from the City, Mr. Filla replied the City could deem the property to no longer have value to the City and they could sell the property if they wanted, Mayor Aplikowski asked staff if they saw any problem with extending this to 48 months, Mr. Moore replied he saw no reason this could not be extended and Mr. Finn had been a good neighbor to the park. MOTION: Councilmember Grant moved and Councilmember Larson seconded a motion to grant the Finn (3331 New Brighton Road) Driveway Easement as presented with the exception of altering number 4 to strike 24 months and insert 48 months in the Copy of Lie en singlSun set Provision Grant of Driveway Easement document. The motion carried unanimously (4-0), CITY COUNCIL REPORTS Ms. Wolfe - Stated the Library Task Force was having their first meeting this Thursday at City Hall at 4:00 p,m, She stated Councilmember Holden was out of town and therefore, not in attendance at tonight's meeting, Councilmember Grant - Stated it appeared there was an accident involving a youth on a bicycle using the new Highway 96 trail tonight. He requested staff draft a letter to the County requesting small stop signs for the pedestrians on the trails as they crossed busy streets, He stated the Assessment Task Force met this month and there would be final wording for the task force to review in the near future, Councilmember Rem - Stated tomorrow night was the joint PTRC and Planning Commission meeting being held at the City Hall at 6:30 p,m, She stated next Wednesday there would be a newsletter committee meeting at 5:30 p,m, and there was also a joint Planning Commission and City Council meeting at 7:00 p,m, Councilmember Larson - Stated the Lake Johanna Fire Department Board of Directors meeting was this Wednesday and the Lake Johanna Relief Association meeting was also going to be held this day, He stated if St. Paul went forward with a smoking ban, he would like to initiate a discussion regarding this. Mayor Ap1ikowski - Thanked the volunteer gardeners for watering and weeding the flowers, She thanked everyone for watching on cable at home for the comments the Council has received, She reminded everyone that she had City Hall hours on the first Wednesday from 4-7 p,m, She stated she had received a request for speed bumps on Lake Valentine Road and she was turning that e-mail over to staff for response, She stated she had also received an e-mail with a request to pass an Ordinance to forbid trucks from jake braking, She requested the Transportation Committee look at this request.