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<br /> ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION - MARCH 20, 2000 4 <br />. DEPARTMENT REPORTS <br /> Community Development Department <br /> Dave Scherbel, Building Official, provided a written 1998 and 1999 year-end comparison <br /> report on building inspections, and a verbal review ofthe first quarter of 2000 to-date. <br /> Mr. Scherbel addressed several zoning ordinance items related to code enforcement that <br /> staff had requested Planning Commission review (i.e., parking on grass; ratio of <br /> bituminous in relationship to sod areas). Staff would like more clarification ofthe City's <br /> ordinance for enforcement purposes, rather than just City policy. <br /> Nancy Randall, Associate Planner, provided a written 1999 year-end review, as well as a <br /> verbal review of the first quarter of2000 to-date. Ms. Randall noted that the department <br /> had already been made aware of nineteen (19) Planning cascs this year, in comparison to <br /> a total of twenty-three (23) cases last year. Pending cases of note include the renovation <br /> of the Mounds View High School; revisions to tile City's zoning regulations; and the <br /> Vaughan Tower appeal. <br /> Parks and Recreation Department <br /> Tom Moore, Parks and Recreation Director, provided a the department's written 1999 <br /> year-end writtcn review, as well as a verbal review of the first quarter of 2000 to-date. <br />. Itcms of note included initiation of an "Adopt-a-Flower Garden;" "Adopt-a-Park" <br /> program" with neighborhood groups similar to neighborhood watch program with spring <br /> and fall clean up; "Adopt-a- Trail" program; extensive tree cutting along trails and at <br /> Sampson Park due to disease; incorporation of directional park signage; installation of a <br /> new Arden Manor playstructure; and picnic table repair. Mr. Moore statcd that the <br /> department was doing a park by park analysis, considering their respective needs and <br /> existing equipment, a park improvement and amenity survey performed by the City's <br /> consulting engineer, BRW, in order to relate those items to the City's five-year Capital <br /> Improvement Program (CIP). Possible revisions to the current CIP schedule will be <br /> brought beforc a future Council meeting for consideration. <br /> Mr. Moore also reported that mandated bleacher replacement would be performed as <br /> needed. <br /> Michelle Olson, Recreation Program Supervisor, revicwed ice rink operations, ongoing <br /> analysis of class offerings, hiring for spring/summer programs, and preliminary redesign <br /> of the fall recreation guide, pending City Council approval, to make it more user-friendly. <br /> Councilmembcr Grant requested, and Mr. Moore responded to, a brief overview of <br /> proposed improvements at Perry Park. <br />. <br /> ________u_____ <br />