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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION - MAY 15,2000 <br /> <br />DRAFT <br /> <br />COUNTY ROAD I IMPROVEMENT DISCUSSION <br /> <br />Public Works Director Stafford presented an update to the City Council on his <br />recent attendance at a Ramsey County Pre-Construction meeting regarding <br />County Road I in Shoreview, Mr. Stafford stated that the City's Consulting <br />Engineer, Greg Brown ofBRW; City Administrator Lynch and himself had <br />reviewed and provided written commentary on the plans presented by Ramsey <br />County, Staff recommendations included widening the Rice Creek bridge on the <br />south side to accommodate a pedestrian crossing; and also for inclusion of a <br />pedestrian tunnel under County Road 1. According to final plans presented at the <br />Pre-Construction meeting, neither of the requests was included in the final design, <br />due to lack of right-of-way and funding shortages, <br /> <br />City Administrator Lynch was directed to contact Ramsey County Commissioner, <br />Tony Bennett, and Mayor Probst intimated he would contact Shoreview Mayor, <br />Sandy Martin, <br /> <br />BUILDING OUALITY COMMUNITIES DISCUSSION <br /> <br />City Administrator Lynch sought Council comment and interest in the League of <br />Minnesota Cities (LMC) 2000 annual conference theme, "Building Quality <br />Communities," <br /> <br />It was the consensus of the City Council that time and staffing constraints would <br />not be conducive to our participation this promotion, <br /> <br />CITY COUNCILIDEPARTMENT HEAD RETREAT. OUARTERLY <br />BENCHMARK DISCUSSION <br /> <br />City Administrator Lynch initiated discussion on the City Council's request from <br />their annual City Council/Department Head Retreat for a quarterly review of the <br />Council's proposed annual goals, Mr. Lynch stated his concerns that the <br />philosophy statement created and refined over the last several years by the City <br />Council, may not fully present the Council's intent in providing an actual <br />statement of goals for the staff and City, <br /> <br />Mr, Lynch stated that staff, on a Department Head level, had been discussing the <br />philosophy statement and how it affected our daily decision-making, workload <br />and public relations, <br /> <br />Staff was directed to place the topic on the May 30, 2000 regular City Council <br />Agenda under Administrator Comments to pursue further discussion, <br />