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, MINUTES OF THE ARDEN HILLS COUNCIL WORKSESSION MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1989, 4:30 P.M. - CITY HALL CALL TO ORDER Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Sather called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m. . ROLL CALL The roll being called, the following members were present: Mayor Thomas Sather, Councilmembers Paul Malone and Thomas Mahowald. Absent: Councilmember JoAnn Growe. Councilmember Hansen arrived at 4:40 p.m. Also present: Clerk Administrator Gary Berger and Deputy Clerk Catherine Iago. ADOPT AGENDA Mayor Sather recommended Item #4 be interchanged with Item #3 on the agenda to save time. Malone moved, seconded by Mahowald, to adopt the agenda as revised to reflect Item #3 Council Comments and Item #4 City Engineer Selection Process/Interviews. Motion carried unanimously. (3-0) COUNCIL COMMENTS NEWS ARTICLE Councilmember Mahowald stated he had been contacted by a reporter from the St. Paul Dispatch relative to the City of Arden Hills; he questioned if the other members of the Council were contacted. Mayor Sather and Councilmember Malone stated they had been contacted by Ann Baker; Sather commented that his past experience with Baker has been positive and she does an excellent job. PARKING PROBLEM; RED FOX ROAD Councilmember Malone advised he had received a complaint relative to employees of the Blue Fox restaurant parking along Red Fox Road; suggested the Ramsey County Sheriffs contacted to enforce parking regulations. He noted there should be the area between the Blue Fox driveway and Lexington Avenue due to to the intersection and the location of the fire hydrant. . department be no parking in the closeness Clerk Administrator Berger stated he would contact the Sheriffs department relative to this matter and report to Council. RADIO OPERATORS; PERRY PARK staff forward the Councilmember Malone corrected the information submitted to city staff; the Ham Radio Operators would be staying overnight in the Park on June 24, 1989. He asked that information to the Sheriffs department. FINANCE COMMITTEE Mayor Sather explained that he and Councilmember Malone were present at the April Finance Committee meeting to discuss the responsibilities of the committee; at the May meeting the Finance Committee was somewhat disgruntled that they were not as involved in the budget process as they had been in the past. Sather stated the committee requested a more detailed explanation as to their charge from the Council. Councilmember Malone prepared a letter which outlines a ideas for charges to the committee, reviews past expectations and highlights categories for future Finance Committee involvement. Mayor Sather suggested Council review the information and be prepared to discuss this matter at the July worksession. After Council has reached a consensus relative to the charge of the committee, Mayor Sather and Council Liaison Malone . will review the proposal with Chair Trudy Ratio.