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<br />.. <br />~~HIEES <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Item 1.B <br /> <br />DATE: June 11, 2009 <br /> <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members <br />Ronald J. Moorse, City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: Michelle Olson - Parks and Recreation Manager <br /> <br />SUBJECT: "Celebrating Arden Hills" <br /> <br />Back2round <br />At the annual Council retreat in December of 2008, the Council added a 2009 goal for the Parks, <br />Trails and Recreation Committee (PTRC) to discuss the future of the Celebrating Arden Hills <br />annual event and/or form a subcommittee to plan and recommend a future event. The PTRC <br />discussed the event at their March meeting and the majority of the members suggested a <br />subcommittee be formed. The consensus of the group was that those who may have an interest <br />in planning the annual City event, could join the subcommittee. <br /> <br />A subcommittee was formed and currently, there are five members, including two PTRC <br />members. The subcommittee members are: <br /> <br />John Peck - PTRC Chair <br />Jody Hilgers - PTRC member <br />Marcie Jefferys <br />Larry Erickson <br />Paulette Cavallaro <br />Fran Holmes - Council Liaison <br /> <br />Bev Aplikowski has also expressed interest in joining the subcommittee. We had four of the five <br />members present at our first meeting on Tuesday, May 26th. The first question the group <br />addressed was: What is the purpose of the event? The group seemed to like the idea of fitting <br />the event into the City vision somehow. The vision states: A strong community that values our <br />unique environment, our fiscal soundness, and our tradition as a desirable city in which to live, <br />work, and play. The group had a brainstorming session on ways to accomplish this. A summary <br />of their ideas are below: <br />