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Minutes of the Arden Hills Council Worksession, June 19, 1989 Page 2 FINANCE (Cont'd) Councilmember Malone stated that any additional ideas or input from Council would be appreciated. . Mayor Sather advised that he would be meeting with Mayors from the cities of Mounds View, New Brighton and Shoreview to discuss the possibility of jointly hosting the Star of the North Games in the northern suburbs in 1991; the event is a sports festival which will be held this year in the city of Burnsville and next year in the city of Rochester. He noted there are approximately 15,000 participants and the event could present some economic opportunities to the communities involved. STAR OF NORTH GAMES; JOINT REC. PROGRAM Sather indicated that if the cities were named to host the event in 1991 it may speed negotiations with TCAAP for use of the proposed recreational land at the arsenal. Councilmember Mahowald favored the concept; suggested the city of Blaine be included as a host city. He questioned if the Parks Committee should review the matter at this time. Mayor Sather advised some of the events may have to be moved to Blaine; suggested discussion to include Blaine remain open at this time and be brought up again should the need arise to utilize facilities in Blaine to accommodate participants. Sather advised the Parks Committee are in the processing of working together on the arsenal project and it may be wise to have the committees begin compiling an inventory of facilities and project if the inventory of facilities would change in the next two years. . DISCUSSION; GENERAL FUND Councilmember Hansen requested information relative to the deficit in the General Fund. Clerk Administrator Berger advised the deficit is related to the delay in receipt of the General Tax Revenue payment; there is approximately a 30 day time gap. CITY COMMITTEES; RESPONSIBILITIES Councilmember Hansen reported the Public Safety/Works expressed concern that the Council has not referred any items to the committee for study; examples were the construction on Oak Avenue and the selection of a consulting storm sewer engineer. Hansen suggested Council determine whether the committees should be utilized as they have been in the past, change the committees functions or disband the committees. Mayor Sather explained he had committed to Council at the beginning of the year that the committees would no longer be the f1dumping ground" for items the Council did not want to deal with. Sather suggested each Council liaison prepare ideas and charges for channeling the energies of their respective committees in positive directions, such as the letter submitted by Councilmember Malone regarding the Finance Committee; the letters could be discussed at the July Council Worksession. Another consideration would be utilization of Ad Hoc committees. .