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. . . ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES DECEMBER 10,2001 13 Councilmember Rem stated she attended the State Human Rights Day Conference last Friday, She noted there are some timely things going on with human rights issues, She added the Northwest Youth and Family Service Board would be having its regular monthly meeting on Thursday. She stated the big topic of conversation is going to be the state ofthe state's finances. She noted the article in the paper this past week that indicated that five of seven grant requests were turned down. She added this was due to the foundation endowments not making the returns expected, Councilmember Rem noted the interesting letter from the Rice Creek Consulting Engineer on the local stormwater management plan, She referenced the comment that installing curb, gutter, and storm sewers did not necessarily have positive effects on the City's water resources, She added that some things in the plan contradicted some of the recommendations oftheir Water Quality Task Force, Councilmember Larson stated the Parks, Recreation and Trails Committee reviewed the final review of draft of the Parks and Recreation Plan at its last meting, He noted the Committee decided to hold a public open house on December 18, 2001 to review the plan. He added the Committee recommended that the City go forward with some much-needed replacements of the warming house at Freeway Park and the shelter building at Hazelnut Park. He stated he was not sure when the replacements would be on the Council's agenda, Councilmember Larson noted the newspaper article about the Housing Resource Center. He added he hoped the City would communicate to the newspaper that it is not the Shoreview Resource Center. He stated there should be credit given to the other communities supporting the center, Councilmember Aplikowski questioned a public hearing the week before Christmas on something as big as a park plan. She asked bow many people would be there, She questioned what they were thinking, Mayor Probst reviewed his possible appointments, He stated he was not anticipating any changes with exception of two. He noted Mr. Sand has been the representative for the Cable Commission for many, many years. He asked if the Council was comfortable with that. He questioned whether a Councilmember should sit on the Commission or not. He stated Councilmember Grant is the alternate, He noted anyone with thoughts on the matter should let him know, He added Councilmember Rem would be his recommendation for Acting Mayor for the next year, He stated logic would recommend not moving the appointments around for the Parks, Recreation, and Trails Committee and the Public Works Committee, He noted both of these committees face critical junctures on pending projects, He added that he had some recruitment work to do, He stated the Council did need to have some discussions on the Operations and Finance Committee. He noted the Chairman, Councilmember Grant and Mr. Moore were the only ones able to make the last meeting, He added the Council might need to discuss again where it wants to go,