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- . , MINUTES CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA WORKSESSION CITY COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 24, 1993 4:30 p.m. . CITY HALL CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Acting Mayor Hicks called to order the Worksession City Council meeting at 4:37 p.m. Present: Acting Mayor Hicks, Councilmembers Paul Malone, Beverly Aplikowski and Dennis Probst. Absent Mayor Sather. Also present were: City Administrator Dorothy Person, Public Works Superintendent Dan Winkel, Community Planning Coordinator Brian Fritsinger, City Accountant Terry Post, City Engineer Terry Maurer, and Recording Secretary Renee' Kaulfuss, AGENDA ADOPTION MOTION: Malone moved, seconded by Probst, to adopt the August 24, 1993 worksession agenda. Motion carried unanimously (4-0). 1994 Budeet Issues City Accountant Terry Post referred to his memo of August 18 addressing the issue of the reduced valuation of commercial and industrial real property in Arden Hills and the impact this will have on the 1994 budget. Mr. Post provided a chart showing the percentage of non-petitioned parcels (55%) vs the percentage of petitioned parcels (45%). Mr. Post also provided a handout outlining the pending commercial valuation petitions which includes the pending pay 1993 petitions/1994 EMV not yet adjusted and the pending pay 1993 petitions/1994 EMV already adjusted. In referring to his memo of August 18, page 3, Mr. Post outlined the three objectives as well as the impacts with each of these objectives. Councilmember Probst commented he would like to see these issues brought to the attention of the public in a fairly aggressive manner. Ms, Person requested direction from Council on how to proceed with the budget process. Hicks suggested staff use budget scenario 3 (c) as a guideline in budget worksessions. This scenario increases 1994 expenditures by 2.99% with a possible impact of property taxes taking at least a 10.3% increase. All Councilmembers concurred (4-0). A Budget worksession of Monday, August 30 at 4:30 pm was agreed upon. Parkine sien plan review - Hieh school area locations and sien clarification Dan Winkel referred to his memo of August 19 and the map provided diagramming the areas which currently have 2 hour parking signs. This map is in response to earlier Council request for a plan of adding additional signs in the area. These signs would be added when brought to the attention of the City. Councilmember Aplikowski suggested that staff address the issue to the School District. Two possibilities brought up were to correct the problem could be for the School District to fence the west and south property line, and asking the school to address the parking permit regulations. Councilmembers concurred that a Councilmember and a staff