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Request for Special City Council Work Session
A special meeting may be called by the Mayor or by any two Councilmembers.
Reason for meeting: 1. State Fair No Parking—North Heights Church Park and Ride
2. Website Upgrade Project
Requested Date: 8/13/18
Requested time: 6:00 pm
Open meeting X Closed meeting
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Date meeting to be held: 8/13/18
Time of meeting: 6:00 pm
Location: City Hall
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City of Arden Hills•1245 West Highway 96 •Arden Hills Minnesota 55112
Phone 651.792.7800•Fax 651.634.5137•www.cityofardenhills.org
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Approved: September 10, 2018
CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
AUGUST 13,2018
6:00 P.M. - ARDEN HILLS CITY HALL
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Grant called to order the Special City
Council Work Session at 6:00 p.m.
Present: Mayor David Grant; Councilmembers Brenda Holden, Fran Holmes and
Steve Scott
Absent: Councilmember Dave McClung (Excused)
Also present: City Administrator Dave Perrault; Public Works Director/City Engineer Sue
Polka; Communications Coordinator Dawn Skelly; and City Clerk Julie Hanson
1. AGENDA ITEMS
A. State Fair No Parking—North Heights Church Park and Ride
Public Works Director/City Engineer Polka stated that she worked with the Ramsey County
Sheriff's office to create preliminary plan for designating no parking areas near North Heights
Church as this is now a Park and Ride location.
Public Works Director/City Engineer Polka stated signs would be placed on the east/west
portion of Keithson Drive and the north/south potion of Royal Hills Drive between Keithson Drive
and Arden View Drive. She noted that Snelling Avenue is already permanently signed for no
parking but additional no parking signs would be put in place between the existing permanent
signs due to spacing. She stated staff will keep an eye on this area and address issues if the need
arises.
A discussion ensued regarding the locations of the new no parking signs in the North Heights
Church area
B. Website Upgrade Project
Communications Coordinator Skelly presented the greyscale layout provided by CivicPlus. She
explained that this is a wireframe layout before the design phase and represents a broad look at the
new website.
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Councilmember Holmes stated that navigation on a mobile phone is a significant problem with
the City's current website and asked if this would improve with the new website.
Communications Coordinator Skelly indicated that the new website is designed with mobile
response and tablet use in mind, with scrolling made easier and stacking of the most important
information near the top.
Communications Coordinator Skelly explained that the greyscale lays out where the buttons and
links will be located. She reviewed how the news carousel will function to display more than four
topics as the current website does now. She also reviewed the sections pertaining to the City's
calendar, which will display City events, City meetings and Park and Recreation schedule. She
pointed out the Quick Links, which will display timely updates, and that the Spotlight section
pertains to long-term or evergreen items such as TCAAP/Rice Creek Commons and GreenStep
Cities.
A discussion ensued regarding which informational buttons should be most prominent, ease of use
for mobile phone and tablet users, and accessibility to residents.
Councilmember Holmes requested that contact information for City staff be readily accessible
and easy to locate.
A discussion ensued regarding the options for adding City staff directory information.
A discussion ensued regarding the current website's I Want To/Help Center function.
Communications Coordinator Skelly provided examples of other cities' websites (Edina, MN;
Hopkins, MN; Big Lake, MN: McKinney, TX; Troy, MI).
Councilmember Holden asked about using multiple colors and whether or not it would be more
confusing or distracting for users.
Communications Coordinator Skelly stated that CivicPlus follows all ADA guidelines for use of
color and contrast.
Mayor Grant stated that he liked the idea of using more color as that would make the website
more vibrant.
A discussion ensued regarding the Council's desire to incorporate more color on the new website,
while ensuring the website is user friendly to Arden Hills' elderly community.
The Council directed staff to request CivicPlus present a palette that incorporates more colors but
to keep in mind readability, contrast, font size and style, and ADA standards.
2. COUNCIL/STAFF COMMENTS
None.
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ADJOURN
Mayor Grant adjourned the Special City Council Work Session at 6:55 p.m.
Jul'11 Hanson David Grant
Ci Clerk Mayor