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<br />. MINUTES <br /> eITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br /> WORKSESSION <br /> MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20,1999 <br /> 4:45 P.M. - CITY HALL, 4364 WEST ROUND LAKE ROAD <br /> eALL TO ORDER <br /> Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Dennis Probst called to order the City Council <br /> Worksession at 4:50 p.m. Present were Councilmembers Beverly Aplikowski and Paul Malone; <br /> Interim City Administrator, Terry Post; Public Works Director, Dwayne Stafford; Parks and <br /> Recreation Director, Thomas J. Moore; Associate Planner, Nancy Randall; Building Inspector, <br /> Dave Scherbel; and Administrative Secretary, Sheila Stowell. Councilmembers Lois Rem and <br /> Gregg Larson arrived at 5:10 p.m. and 6:05 p.m., respectively. <br /> Due to several of the Councilmembers yet to arrive, and to accommodate the evening's schedule, <br /> Mayor Probst reviewed various staff issues at the beginning of the meeting. <br /> MISeELLANEOUS ITEMS <br /> eode Enforcement Issues <br /> City Building Inspector, Dave ScherbeJ, reviewed a draft letter proposed for mailing to Mr. Dan <br />. Vaughan regarding various tower safety issues, specifically y, inch radial ice. Mr. Scherbel <br /> referred to a December 8, 1993 letter in response to the design of tower structures for wind and <br /> ice. The letter was to a Mr. Roger Barton, P.E. of the Andrew Corporation trom Scott McLellan, <br /> State of Minnesota Building Code Representative at that time. <br /> Mr. Scherbel updated Councilmembers on various tower issues, and stated that there were many <br /> antennas now on the tower that were not approved by the City, nor brought to the City's <br /> attention. Enforcement of this tower safety issue may affect Mr. Vaughan, as well as those who <br /> are leasing space on the tower. <br /> Staff was directed to proceed with a certified notice to Mr. Vaughan regarding the code <br /> enforcement and safety issues identified by Mr. Scherbel in his draft letter. <br /> Parks and Recreation Department Update <br /> Parks and Recreation Director, Tom Moore, provided Councilmembers with an overview of <br /> recent park activities, including tree & stump removal at various parks; consideration of <br /> additional directional signs for parks; report of positive results of returned adult program <br /> surveys; drafting of the Winter Recreation; upgrading of the soccer program; planned offering of <br /> eleven (11) new recreation programs this fall. Mr. Moore observed that the City's new <br /> Recreation Program Supervisor was doing a great job with existing program, and incorporating <br /> new programming. <br />. <br />