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Approved: August 29, 2011
CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA
CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING
JULY 11, 2011
5:30 P.M. - ARDEN HILLS COMMUNITY ROOM
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor David Grant called to order the City
Council work session meeting at 5:30 p.m.
Present: Mayor David Grant, Councilmembers Brenda Holden, Fran Holmes, Ed
Werner, and Nick Tamble.
Absent: None.
Also present: City Administrator Patrick Klaers, Public Works Director Terry Maurer,
Director of Finance and Administrative Services Sue Iverson, and Facilitator Bill Joynes
from Midwest Government Advisors.
DISCUSSION ITEMS
City Administrator Klaers provided an overview of the of the February 12, March 16, and the
May 2 goal setting work sessions held by the City Council.
Bill Joynes, Midwest Government Advisors, reviewed the process that Council went through to
identify the top goals for the City. Mr. Joynes stated that the Guiding Document plan includes
some action steps to accomplish the identified goals and also that the Guiding Document is a
"living plan" that will need to be changed as situations in the City change. The Guiding
Document is a combination of goals and tasks and identifies priority issues of the City Council.
The plan contains goals and tasks for City staff to work on over the next few years. Mr. Joynes
noted that a stadium project is one example of a developing situation that may require the plan to
be adjusted, especially the time frame for accomplishing the goals. Progress reports and Council
reviews of the plan are anticipated approximately every six months. It was noted that the plan
includes 18 goals but does not include the TCAAP site or a stadium proposal.
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The Mayor and Councilmembers discussed changes to the priority rankings of some of the goals.
It was noted that work would be taking place on all of the identified projects and that staff would
not be working just on the high priority projects. It was the consensus of the City Council to
make the following changes to the draft Guiding Document:
• All of goal #2 was moved from medium to high priority
• Task 5a was moved from a medium priority to a high priority
• Tasks 1 and 2 under item 9a were changed from medium to high priority and the time
frame moved for 2013 to 2011
• Projects 13a and 13b were moved from medium to high priority; but time frames did not
change
• Project 16b was moved from a high priority to a medium priority
• Task 16e was deleted as this is a Finance Department issue and is an ongoing task
• The word "restart" was deleted from project 18b
The City Council agreed to consider the Guiding Document with the above noted changes at the
July 11, 2011, regular City Council meeting.
ADJOURN.
Mayor Grant adjourned the City Council work session at 6:40 p.m.
Patrick Klaers
City Administrator
David Grant
Mayor