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ARDEN HILLS ClTY COUNCIL WORKSESSION - JANUARY 2 I , 1997 2 . available. Mayor Probst again stated his sincere hope that the Town Hall meeting would foster more communication with residents and, residents would use this opportunity to discuss issues that affected them on a city-wide basis. Discussion ensued concerning committee structure and proposed future committees and task forces, with Councilmember Aplikowski expressing her concerns with the proposed committee application form and any misinterpretations the public may find with those standing committees listed, and no listing of task forces and/or committees which are pending creation. Councilmember Aplikowski stated that it seemed the majority ofthe committees on which she serves as Council Liaison were being eliminated, in addition to her being concerned with the way the city was saying "thank you" to those committee members who had served so faithfully. Councilmember Keim expressed concern that the Council had yet to set priorities, and until we hear from residents at the Town Hall meeting, the Council shouldn't be setting up task forces. . Mayor Probst asked that Councilmembers not become deadlocked with semantics, and the only real change was dropping the existing Human Rights Committee, with only the definitions and focus of several others changing and the addition ofa Youth Commission. Councilmembers again reviewed the proposed committee form. After further discussion, staff was directed to redraft the Committee Application form to be used at the Town Hall meeting to include proposed task forces as most recently proposed by Mayor Probst and reviewed by Councilmembers at the January 2, 1997 Council meeting, as shown below: STATUTORY COMMISSIONS . ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY . PLANNING COMMISSION COMMITTEES/COMMISSIONS . PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION . PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION . ARDEN HILLS YOUTH COMMISSION . BUSINESS RELATIONS COMMITTEE . FINANCE COMMlTTEE . NEWSLETTER COMMlTTEE .