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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — AUGUST 11, 2025 15 Mayor Grant said from the last State of the City to this State of the City, we should cover everything. We cover things that are current up to today. We don't just look back at 2024. Councilmember Monson asked when the 2024 State of the City was. City Administrator Jagoe said it was February of 2024. She hasn't reviewed all of the slides yet but she worked on the Community Development slides. She included everything from the last event until today. Councilmember Weber said he is interested in Public Works and is okay with splitting it, as Councilmember Rousseau suggested. Councilmember Holden said we all get the slides when working with Staff. She pulled a lot of information last year when presenting the Public Works slides. She doesn't want to bore people. Councilmember Monson said there are big projects happening, such as the zoning code ordinance. It would be nice to highlight what people can expect to see in that ordinance. The Adopt -A -Park, the sponsorships and the Master Parks Plan. There are interesting things that can be shared. Mayor Grant said there is conflict. The suggestion was made to split Public Works and Parks. Councilmember Monson asked if Mayor Grant said he would do City Finance and Public Safety. Mayor Grant confirmed. He suggested Councilmember Weber take all of Public Works and Councilmember Rousseau take all of Parks and Recreation. Councilmember Holden said no. She has been working with Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen on Public Works for the last five years. Mayor Grant said there are three for Public Works. Councilmember Weber said no. Both he and Councilmember Holden want Public Works. Councilmember Rousseau requested that Parks and Recreation be split off from Public Works and whoever presents the Public Works could have a secondary topic. Councilmember Monson asked if Public Works can be split. She asked what topics other than PMP. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen said there is infrastructure and a lot of Park and Rec stuff. There is plenty of work that we are doing this year and next year. Councilmember Monson asked if he could split them into the past and then what is coming up. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen said it would be the same thing we did last year. He had prior years, current year and next year infrastructure maps.