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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — JUNE 20, 2011 3 Councilmember Holden stated there is no Metro Transit bus servicing Arden Hills and yet Arden Hills scores lower on Met Council grant applications because we do not have bus service. There are changes occurring in Arden Hills that constitute a need for bus service. There are also large companies located in Arden Hills. In addition, we have a Superfund site in the City which should not be the sole financial responsibility of the City. She suggested there be one location where all grants available are listed in the Met Council information. Councilmember Holmes thanked Ms. Barajas and Mr. Doan for attending the work session. She asked if the Met Council has an opinion on the proposed Vikings Stadium in Arden Hills. Mr. Doan stated with regard to the stadium, the Met Council has not taken a position and it is yet to be determined if the stadium falls under any Met Council review. He added there is statute that requires any project of regional significance to go through a Met Council review, although he has learned that Target Field was exempt from that requirement. He stated there are other related issues for infrastructure which would go through the Transportation Advisory Board process. Councilmember Holmes asked if Mr. Doan would have any suggestions on how the City can work with the Met Council to meet their common goals. Mr. Doan stated one way is to have this type of conversation. Creating a list of Met Council grants would not be too difficult to do and they will get it to the City Council as soon as it is available. Mrs. Barajas commented that the only difficulty is that the Met Council grants are administered under different statutes and sometimes they do not receive funding. But she added that she will be happy to help connect the City to those resources. City Administrator Klaers commented that affordable housing appears to be becoming a bigger issue for the Met Council. Mr. Doan stated that affordable housing is under the cloud of uncertain future due to budget concerns. He believes there is a desire for more affordable housing and more resources and incentives, but the budget climate is affecting everyone's ability to develop affordable housing. Mayor Grant thanked Mr. Doan and Ms. Barajas for coming to the City Council meeting. B. 2012 — 2016 CIP Finance Director Sue Iverson explained that the Council last discussed the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) when Public Works Director Maurer added some major equipment purchases to the 2011 -2015 plan. To start the 2012 Budget process, Finance is looking at the 2012 -2016 Capital Improvement Plan and her memo highlights the major changes made to CIP. Attached to her memo is a summary page to make it easier for the Council to review the CIP as it allows a per project review rather than the per year review which the Council has done in the past. She explained that she would like the Council to get through the entire CIP to have a draft plan so that she can work on the long range financial plan, evaluate reserve balances, and analyze funds for