Mayor Arnold briefs commission on shared-use path options, pocket prairies and yearlong comprehensive-plan code audit

Jun 15, 2026

Mayor Arnold, filling in for the absent council liaison, updated the commission on an Elm shared-use path design under reconsideration, the multi-year nature of pocket-prairie plantings, and a consultant-led code audit to implement the city's comprehensive plan, which he said may take close to a year.

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Mayor Arnold, sitting in for the absent council liaison, updated the Sustainability Commission on several active council matters and encouraged commissioners to provide input quickly where council must decide. On a proposed shared-use path running from Glendale to Watson Road along Elm, he said the council would "talk about whether to use an alternative design, the original design, or not go forward with the project," and urged residents with strong views to contact the council before the upcoming meeting.

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