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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION - AUGUST II,2025 <br />Mayor Grant said from the last State of the City to this State of the City, we should cover <br />everything. We cover things that are current up to today. We don't just look back at 2024. <br />Councilmember Monson asked when the2024 State of the City was. <br />City Administrator Jagoe said it was February of 2024. She hasn't reviewed all of the slides yet <br />but she worked on the Community Development slides. She included everything from the last <br />event until today. <br />Councilmember Weber said he is interested in Public Works and is okay with splitting it, as <br />Councilmember Rousseau suggested. <br />Councilmember Holden said we all get the slides when working with Staff. She pulled a lot of <br />information last year when presenting the Public Works slides. She doesn't want to bore people. <br />Councilmember Monson said there are big projects happening, such as the zoning code <br />ordinance. It would be nice to highlight what people can expect to see in that ordinance. The <br />Adopt-A-Park, the sponsorships and the Master Parks Plan. There are interesting things that can <br />be shared. <br />Ma1,or Grant said there is conflict. The suggestion was made to split Public Works and Parks. <br />Councilmember I\{onson asked if Mayor Grant said he would do City Finance and Public <br />Safety. <br />l\{avor Grant confirmed. He suggested Councilmember Weber take all of Public Works and <br />Councilmember Rousseau take all of Parks and Recreation. <br />Councilmember Holden said no. She has been working with Public Works Director/City <br />Engineer Swearingen on Public Works for the last fir,e years. <br />N{avor Grant said there are three for Public Works. <br />Councilmember Weber said no. Both he and Councilmember Holden want Public Works. <br />Councilmember Rousseau requested that Parks and Recreation be split off from Public Works and <br />whoever presents the Public Works could have a secondary topic. <br />Councilmember Monson asked if Public Works can be split. She asked what topics other than <br />PMP. <br />Public Works Director/Cit1, Engineer Srvearingen said there is infrastructure and a lot of Park <br />and Rec stuff. There is plenty of work that we are doing this year and next year. <br />Councilmember N{onson asked if he could split them into the past and then what is coming up. <br />Public Works Director/Cit1' Engineer Srvearingen said it would be the same thing we did last <br />year. He had prior years, current year and next year infrastructure maps. <br />15