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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 2, 2002 4 Councilmember Larson mentioned that he would still be in favor of having City Council meetings begin at 7:00 p.m. and wondered if any other members support the idea. The Council discussed the proposal and by consensus agreed to begin City Council meetings at 7:00 p.m., and adjourning no later than 10:00 p.m. . Councilmember Larson indicated he will be gone from January 5 through January 20,2002. He will not be in attendance at the January 14, 2002, City Council meeting, but indicated he would like the Council to find a way to financially support recreation programs, and also would like City Council to find a way to fund the proposed capital improvements for 2002 as previously presented. Councilmember Aplikowski mentioned that originally the Operations and Finance Committee had its membership branched out to attend other meetings so there was involvement and information exchanged between members of the Operations and Finance Committee and various other committees. Councilmember Aplikowski also mentioned that she had read the book "Who Moved My Cheese?", and had tapes as well, and they were available for any City Council member who was interested. Councilmember Aplikowski also wanted to indicate that she did not want to see more recounting . of stories from the consultant at the retreat but rather get straight to the point and get to solutions to concerns between and amongst City Council members at the retreat. Councilmember Aplikowski also thanked Councilmember Rem for the information on the TCAAP meeting on January 10, 2002. Mayor Probst indicated that the letter from Senator Dayton's office was at their urging and he was not sure ofthe agenda for the meeting but looked for support from the City Council to have a briefing with Senator Dayton and his staff before the meeting on January 10 so that there was no surprise about their proposal to go forward with special legislation to obtain property for the City of Arden Hills. Mayor Probst also reviewed a letter he had received dated December 21, 2001, from Representative Betty McCollum, to General Paul Kirk of Army Materiel Command, wanting a meeting to talk about property being declared excess and concerns that she had about the removal of contamination and the pressure that redevelopment of the property to industrial would present to the property. Probst turned over the letter to staff to copy for the City Council. Mayor Probst indicated that he had received the installation restoration program for the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant Newsletter indicating that the TCAAP plume clean up was occurring faster than originally anticipated. A copy of this will be sent to all City Council members as welL .