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. . . ..:... - - .. DRAFT MINUTES CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA WORKSESSION MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20,1999 4:45 P.M. - CITY HALL, 4364 WEST ROUND LAKE ROAD CALL TO ORDER Pursuant to due call and notice thereof: Mayor Dennis Probst called to order the City Council Worksession at 4:50 p.m. Present were Councilmembers Beverly Aplikowski and Paul Malone; Interim City Administrator, Terry Post; Public Works Director, Dwayne Stafford; Parks and Recreation Director, Thomas J. Moore; Associate Planner, Nancy Randall; Building Inspector, Dave Scherbel; and Administrative Secretary, Sheila Stowell. Councilmembers Lois Rem and Gregg Larson arrived at 5:10 p,m. and 6:05 p.m" respectively. Due to several of the Councilmembers yet to arrive, and to accommodate the evening's schedule, Mayor Probst reviewed various staff issues at the beginning of the meeting, MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS Code Enforcement Issues City Building Inspector, Dave Scherbel, reviewed a draft letter proposed for mailing to Mr. Dan Vaughan regarding various tower safety issues, specifically 'h inch radial ice. Mr. Scherbel referred to a December 8, 1993 letter in response to the design of tower structures for wind and ice, The letter was to a Mr. Roger Barton, P.E. of the Andrew Corporation from Scott McLellan, State of Minnesota Building Code Representative at that time, Mr. Scherbel updated Councilmembers on various tower issues, and stated that there were many antennas now on the tower that were not approved by the City, nor brought to the City's attention, Enforcement of this tower safety issue may affect Mr. Vaughan, as well as those who are leasing space on the tower. Stalf was directed to proceed with a certified notice to Mr. Vaughan regarding the code enforcement and safety issues identified by Mr. Scherbel in his draft letter. Parks and Recreation Department Update Parks and Recreation Director, Tom Moore, provided Councilmembers with an overview of recent park activities, including tree & stump removal at various parks; consideration of additional directional signs for parks; report of positive results of returned adult program surveys; drafting of the Winter Recreation; upgrading of the soccer program; planned offering of eleven (II) new recreation programs this fall. Mr. Moore observed that the City's new Recreation Program Supervisor was doing a great job with existing program, and incorporating new programming.