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<br />, <br /> <br />[" Vi' 17, ~'~'~ <br />'j'lc'<) 1'\. ,Jill 1\ <br />i j~r\;.Y~1 iii <br /> <br />MEETING MINUTES <br />CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION <br />MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2000 <br />4:45 P.M. - CITY HALL, 4364 WEST ROUND LAKE ROAD <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br />Acting Mayor Gregg Larson called the meeting to order at 4:53 p.m. Those <br />present included Councilmembers Beverly Aplikowski and Lois Rem. <br />Councilmember Grant arrived at 4:55 p.m. Mayor Probst arrived at 5:15 p.m. <br /> <br />Staff present included Public Works Director, Dwayne Stafford; Parks and <br />Recreation Director, Tom Moore; Planner, Jennifer Chaput; and Recording <br />Secretary, Sheila Stowell. <br /> <br />City Administrator Joe Lynch and City Accountant/Treasurer Terry Post were <br />both absent. <br /> <br />Also present was David Hammemick of the Minnesota National Guard. <br /> <br />COUNCIL COMMENTS <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Councilmember Rem reported on the most recent Operations and Finance Committee <br />meeting, which she and Councilmember Grant had attended. A result of that meeting, at <br />which Gene Ranieri, Executive Director of the Association of Metropolitan <br />Municipalities was the featured guest speaker, the Committee would like to recommend <br />that the City Council aggressively pursue legislation regarding general state aid formulas <br />as they relate to the City of Arden Hills. Chairperson, Mark Kelliher, also would like to <br />initiate meetings of the Task Force for the proposed Public Works/Parks Maintenance <br />F acili ty. <br /> <br />Councilmember Rem asked Planner Chaput if all Councilmembers had received a copy <br />ofthe November 29, 2000 Website informational packet. Ms. Chaput responded that <br />only the Task Force members had received the information, as it was of a preliminary <br />nature. <br /> <br />Councilmember Aplikowski expressed her concerns regarding the City's existing <br />committees and task forces in general, and a need to further expand the Communications <br />Committee to pursue additional communication tools, exclusive ofthe City's newsletter. <br /> <br />Acting Mayor Larson noted it might be beneficial for the City's Website Task Force to <br />meet annually to review the website content. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Councilmember Grant commented and concurred with Councilmember Rem regarding <br />recommendations of the Operations and Finance Committee and proposed lobbying <br />