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ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OCTOBER 12, 2004 12 . any landscaping done, but if an irrigation system were put in, the City would probably maintain it. Mr. Moore stated the City would take over the maintenance of the irrigation system, if one was put in, but he did not believe an irrigation system would be put in. Councilmember Holden asked if the new SOOMHZ system was in affect and how the City was maintaining their 911 system separate from St. Paul. Ms. Wolfe replied they had a meeting on this last week and they had worked through a lot of the concerns brought up in the recent letter that had been sent. She stated the County Board directed they locate a site that would ultimately be large enough to dispatch for the entire County, but they were not moving into that until they could address the cost issues. Councilmember Grant - Stated he believed the neighborhood meetings were well attended. However, he indicated there was confusion among residents that the residents could not attend meetings outside of their precinct. He suggested they change the name of their meetings to not include precinct numbers, but instead name them City meeting I of 4, etc. He stated some of the new street signs were up and most of them were looking good, but some of them were at 45- degree angles to the streets, but he understood those would be corrected in the near future. He stated the County had acquired the property on the other side of the railroad north of Tony . Schmidt Park. He indicated the idea of painting crosswalks in a number of locations was a good idea and requested staff look at other areas in the City where a crosswalk would be beneficial. He asked how the move into the new maintenance facility was progressing. Mr. Moore replied that all of the large equipment had been moved into the new maintenance facility and now personal items and tools were being moved into the facility. He noted as of this week, they were up and operational at the new facility with the phones and fax being operational tomorrow. Councilmember Larson - Stated he agreed with Councilmember Grant regarding changing the names of the neighborhood meetings as well as putting in crosswalks in the City at intersections that needed them. He requested a future discussion with the Council as to what they visualized for the old City Hall site, now that there was a possible development proposal being discussed. Mr. Clark stated he understood staff did have authorization to have discussions with the developer and they had received an offer today on the property and this was on the agenda for discussion at their Work session next week. Mayor Aplikowski - Stated she had returned from a conference in Duluth today and Aaron Parrish sent greetings back to the Council. She stated she hoped the City paint crosswalks at intersections because this was an important issue. Mr. Moore replied these were County crosswalks and in the past the City was not permitted to do the work on the crosswalks and the crosswalks would be done by the County when their schedule permitted. However, he indicated he would check with the County as to whether they would move this up on their schedule, or . whether they would give City maintenance staff permission to stripe the crosswalks themselves and would update Council on this in the future.