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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION - MARCH 20, 2000 Uf;,,,JA''''tR ~'-' I 4 , DEPARTMENT REPORTS e Communitv Development Department Dave Scherbel, Building Official, provided a written 1998 and 1999 year-end comparison report on building inspections, and a verbal review of the first quarter of 2000 to-date. Mr. Scherbel addressed several zoning ordinance items related to code enforcement that staff had requested Planning Commission review (i.e., parking on grass; ratio of bituminous in relationship to sod areas). Staff would like more clarification of the City's ordinance for enforcement purposes, rather than just City policy. Nancy Randall, Associate Planner, provided a written 1999 year-end review, as well as a verbal review of the first quarter of 2000 to-date. Ms. Randall noted that the department had already been made aware of nineteen (19) Planning cases this year, in comparison to a total of twenty-three (23) cases last year. Pending cases of note include the renovation of the Mounds View High School; revisions to the City's zoning regulations; and the Vaughan Tower appeal. Parks and Recreation Department Tom Moore, Parks and Recreation Director, provided a the department's written 1999 year-end written review, as well as a verbal review of the first quarter of 2000 to-date. Items of note included initiation of an "Adopt-a-Flower Garden;" "Adopt-a-Park" program" with neighborhood groups similar to neighborhood watch program with spring and fall clean up; "Adopt-a- Trail" program; extensive tree cutting along trails and at Sampson Park due to disease; incorporation of directional park signage; installation of a new Arden Manor playstructure; and picnic table repair. Mr. Moore stated that the department was doing a park by park analysis, considering their respective needs and existing equipment, a park improvement and amenity survey performed by the City's consulting engineer, BRW, in order to relate those items to the City's five-year Capital Improvement Program (Crp). Possible revisions to the current crp schedule will be brought before a future Council meeting for consideration. . Mr. Moore also reported that mandated bleacher replacement would be performed as needed. Michelle Olson, Recreation Program Supervisor, reviewed ice rink operations, ongoing analysis of class offerings, hiring for spring/summer programs, and preliminary redesign of the fall recreation guide, pending City Council approval, to make it more user-friendly. Councilmember Grant requested, and Mr. Moore responded to, a brief overview of proposed improvements at Perry Park. e