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. . . Arden Hills Council 6 Apri 1 26, 1993 PUBLIC WORKS/SAFETY UPDATE Councilmember Aplikowski reported that the Public Works and Safety Committee has discussed whether an additional City committee should be established, and have concluded that such action is not necessary. She added that the Committee discussed areas of conservation, recycling, crime watch, etc., and noted that there is not much being done in the area of civil defense. She reported that Bill Gillies has volunteered to head civil defense efforts. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE UPDATE Councilmember Probst reported that he attended his first meeting with the Human Rights Committee and found them to be a clearly dedicated group of people, however, because of changes at the State level, the focus and direction of the group has changed, and the Committee and Council may wish to reconsider their mission statement. He suggested that the matter of their mission statement, focus and direction be placed on the next Council worksession agenda. HARSTAD PROPERTY Mayor Sather recognized and introduced Marty Harstad in the audience. Sather reported that it has come to the attention of the City that Mr. Harstad has a "small window of opportunity" to develop a 64-unit townhome facility at the current City Hall site if the City is interested in a land swap. Council and Harstad discussed the possible land swap which would entail trading the current City Hall 7-acre property plus additional cash (the figure to be negotiated) in exchange for Harstad's 9.9 acre parcel at the southwest corner of Round Lake. Harstad explained that he is under a deadline to make a decision as to whether he will develop the current City Hall property as his next project. He said he would be willing to facilitate the vacation of the City Hall property in a staged timeline to allow the City time to get the Harstad property ready for City use. He showed a concept plan for the development of the current City Hall property, and a map of the Harstad property. Council and Harstad discussed what amount of additional cash would be an agreeable amount to make the land swap. During the brief discussion, the parties were unable to come to an mutually agreeable range.