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<br /> MINUTES <br /> . CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br /> WORKSESSION <br /> TUESDAY, JANUARY 21,1997 <br /> 4:45 P.M. - ARMY RESERVE CENTER - 4655 LEXINGTON A VENUE NORTH <br /> CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL <br /> Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Probst called to order the City Council <br /> Worksession at 4:50 p.m. Present were Mayor Dennis Probst, Councilmembers Beverly <br /> Aplikowski and Paul Malone; City Administrator, Brian Fritsinger; City Accountant, Terry Post; <br /> Public Works Superintendent, Dwayne Stafford; Community Development Director, Kevin <br /> Ringwald; Parks and Recreation Director, Cindy Walsh; and Administrative Secretary, Sheila <br /> Stowell. Councilmember Susan Keim arrived at 4:55 p.m. Councilmember Dale Hicks had <br /> previously notified Mayor Probst that he would not be available for the meeting. <br /> APPROVAL OF MEETING AGENDA <br /> MOTION: Aplikowski moved and Malone seconded a motion to adopt the agenda for the <br /> January 21,1997 Worksession. The motion carried unanimously (3-0). <br /> CITY ISSUES - SHORT TERM <br /> ~ a. Discuss Final Preparation for Town Hall Meeting <br /> City Administrator Fritsinger reviewed a memorandum updating the City Council on the <br /> final preparations for the Town Hall meeting scheduled for Saturday, January 25, 1997. <br /> Mr. Fritsinger stated that staff was awaiting input from Councilmembers on their level of <br /> participation following the Mayor's "State of the City" address. <br /> Mayor Probst asked staffto clarify the involvement of existing committee members and <br /> Chairpersons. Mr. Pritsinger responded that all committee members had been invited. <br /> Mayor Probst directed staff to invite committee members to participate with staff at the <br /> information tables, if it seemed appropriate and committee members expressed an interest <br /> in participating. <br /> Mayor Probst asked for Council discussion on the possible topics outlined by staff, and <br /> requested cost savings on various staff projects. Several additional items were added to <br /> the list of discussion topics. <br /> Mayor Probst directed staff to make State Representative Phil Krinkie and Senator Linda <br /> Runbeck aware of the meeting and welcome their participation. <br /> Mayor Probst requested an update on the availability ofresults from the community <br /> . survey. Mr. Fritsinger responded that if the Council had a topic or two it wanted to focus <br /> on, a response could be tabulated on one or two specific questions and made available <br /> for the Town Hall meeting. However, the results of the entire survey would not be <br />