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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — AUGUST 11, 2025 27 Discussion ensued regarding which items have already been addressed and can be removed from the list. Councilmember Rousseau said we didn't do a Buy Nothing day after the cleanup day. She wonders if that should just move to spring of 2026. Mayor Grant asked if anyone wants to talk about that. Cleanup day was the big one. We solved that. Councilmember Monson said if we are bringing another topic up she would want it to be a narrow, short term one. She would like to save the meatier topics for when the Community Development Director is on board. She thinks the Use of City Logo Policy is important. She thinks Staff can come to Council with a policy they find from another City. Then we aren't starting from zero. City Administrator Jagoe said the August 25 Special Work Session is full. We'll take the full time to get through the topic areas on the agenda. The budget discussion may carry over to September 8. We could finish that discussion, have a short update on State of the City and the City Logo discussion could be after that. Mayor Grant said we could do the feeding of geese or cannabis discussion. He agrees there are meaty topics on the list. Staff will need time to look at them. He agrees with trying to get the smaller topics off the list. Councilmember Rousseau asked what the next steps are for strategic planning. City Administrator Jagoe just got an update from the facilitator late this afternoon. She hasn't had a chance to circle back on that. She will send out an update for Council. Mayor Grant said August has five Mondays. He asked if there was any appetite for a Special Work Session on August 18. Councilmember Holden said no. Mayor Grant said there are five Mondays in September. We meet on September 8 and 22. September 15 is a day we could use. Councilmember Weber asked what we will go over. Mayor Grant said anything Staff has ready. Councilmember Rousseau asked if the January through March schedules will increase. Then we can hit some of the smaller items. Mayor Grant hopes we can discuss them and get them off the list. City Administrator Jagoe said starting in September, the Work Sessions go back to the 5:30pm start time.