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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—JUNE 9, 2014 2 <br /> each household pays $7.57 per month in PEG fees for capital and operating support. He <br /> commented that the $4.15 PEG fees currently passed onto NSCC were used mostly for operating <br /> expenses and Comcast no longer had to provide operating support per Federal law. <br /> Councilmember Holden questioned what Comcast was doing to improve customer service and <br /> call responses. She reported that she has received numerous complaints regarding Comcast's <br /> customer service. <br /> Mr. Coleman discussed the investments to the call centers and partnership adjustments that have <br /> been made. <br /> Councilmember Holden provided comment on the number of channels currently provided by <br /> Comcast for local programming and questioned why Comcast was proposing to cut the number of <br /> channels in half. <br /> Mr. Coleman stated that in the formal proposal, Comcast reviewed the programming for both the <br /> schools and municipalities. Comcast believed that due to program repetition and the low <br /> viewership, this franchise did not demand the current number of channels and therefore <br /> recommended that the number of channels be reduced. <br /> Councilmember Holden believed that Comcast was holding the public stations to a different <br /> standard than the municipal stations, given the fact that both had repetition. <br /> 3. STAFF COMMENTS <br /> A. TCAAP Update <br /> Community Development Director Hutmacher stated that the team of Kimley-Horn and <br /> Associates, Inc. and Wenck Associates Inc. was selected by Ramsey County and the City of Arden <br /> Hills for the development and design of the TCAAP Redevelopment Site Infrastructure. Their <br /> scope of services addresses design of public infrastructure including roadways, drainage, and <br /> stormwater management features, and utilities to support the redevelopment. The consultants will <br /> spend the next several months developing preliminary design layouts for the Spine Road, thumb road <br /> connection to County Road 1, regional stormwater management system, grading plan, mitigated <br /> wetlands, and sanitary sewer and water supply systems. Their work will require close coordination <br /> with ongoing planning and remediation activities and development of the adjacent interchange on <br /> County Road H at I-35W. <br /> Community Development Director Hutmacher stated that the preliminary designs will enable <br /> the consultant team to develop refined construction cost estimates to assist in the development of <br /> an infrastructure financing plan. The consultant team will also ultimately prepare construction <br /> documents for public bidding of the site infrastructure improvements. A kickoff meeting for the <br /> City Council and the consultant team is scheduled for June 30, 2014. <br /> Community Development Director Hutmacher explained that the public comment period on <br /> the draft AUAR and Mitigation Plan ended on May 28, 2014. Comments were received from Mr. <br /> Lyle Salmela, the City of Shoreview, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, the Minnesota <br />