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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION—JUNE 9, 2014 2 this project; however,the Metropolitan Council was continuing to participate in the engineering of the draft plan. She understood the necessity of this project. Councilmember McClung discussed the Corridors for Commerce project that was funded by the Governor. He believed that this 1-694 project already had funding from Rice Street to Lexington Avenue. Ms. McCarthy indicated that she would follow up on this project and would provide her findings to staff. Further discussion ensued regarding the traffic issues in and around Arden Hills and how the City's residents are adversely impacted. Councilmember Holden requested that the grant system be reviewed. She believed it was unfair that Arden Hills is being punished for not having public transportation when public transportation locations are determined by the Metropolitan Council. Ms. McCarthy indicated that she would investigate this further and report back. Councilmember Holmes stated that she believed that Rosedale needed a park and ride to bring passengers using public transportation into St. Paul. Councilmember Holden requested an update on I&I issues for the City. Ms. McCarthy indicated that the City had an exceedance from an April rain event and a letter was sent to Arden Hills on May 28, 2014. Public Works Director Maurer provided further comment on the City's I&I efforts and hoped that the City would not have future exceedances. He indicated that the City would need additional State grant money in order to stay ahead or on top of the issues. He recommended that the State consider providing additional funding to address I&I issues. He explained that the smaller easily accessible pipes have been addressed. The expense to deal with the pipes along county road and highway ditches remained and the City did not have enough funding to complete all of this work. Councilmember McClung believed that public transportation issues would have to be addressed by the City and the Metropolitan Council as the TCAAP property develops. Mayor Grant commented that this would be important for senior citizens. He thanked Ms. McCarthy for her presence this evening. B. EAB Follow-Up Parks and Recreation Manager Olson explained that at the February 18, 2014, Council work session, staff presented an ash tree inventory of the City parks maintained areas. The inventory found 54 ash trees in the maintained areas of the parks and 38 were found to be healthy and good candidates for treatment. She noted that after review and discussion, it was the consensus of the