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I - DRAFT I MINUTES I- CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA WORKSESSION TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1997 4:45 P.M. - ARMY RESERVE CENTER - 4655 LEXINGTON A VENUE NORTH I CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL I Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Probst called to order the City Council Worksession at 4:50 p.m. Present were Mayor Dennis Probst, Councilmembers Beverly Aplikowski and Paul Malone; Cil:y Administrator, Brian Fritsinger; City Accountant, Terry Post; I Public Works Superintendent, Dwayne Stafford; Community Development Director, Kevin Ringwald; Parks and Recreation Director, Cindy Walsh; and Administrative Secretary, Sheila I Stowell. Councilmember Susan Keirn arrived at 4:55 p.m. Councilmember Dale Hicks had previously notified Mayor Probst that he would not be available for the meeting. I APPROVAL OF MEETING AGENDA MOTION: Aplikowski moved and Malone seconded a motion to adopt the agenda for the I January 21, 1997 Worksession. The motion carried unanimously (3-0). CITY ISSUES - SHORT TERM Ie a. Discuss Final Preparation for Town Hall Meeting City Administrator Fritsinger reviewed a memorandum updating the City Council on the I final preparations for the Town Hall meeting scheduled for Saturday, January 25, 1997. Mr. Fritsinger stated that staff was awaiting input from Councilmembers on their level of I participation following the Mayor's "State of the City" address. I Mayor Probst asked staff to clarifY the involvement of existing committee members and Chairpersons. Mr. Fritsinger responded that all committee members had been invited. Mayor Probst directed staff to invite committee members to participate with staff at the I information tables, if it seemed appropriate and committee members expressed an interest in participating. I Mayor Probst asked for Council discussion on the possible topics outlined by staff, and requested cost savings on various staff projects. Several additional items were added to the list of discussion topics. I Mayor Probst directed stall to make State Representative Phil Krinkie and Senator Linda Runbeck aware of the meeting and welcome their participation. I Mayor Probst requested an update on the availability of results from the community f' survey. Mr. Fritsinger responded that if the Council had a topic or two it wanted to focus on, a response could be tabulated on one or two specific questions and made available for the Town Hall meeting. However, the results of the entire survey would not be I