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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL WORK SESSION — NOVEMBER 14, 2016 5 Ms. Kvilvang explained staff was going to be coming back with a recommendation for the City Council to make an increase for 2017. She stated park dedication fees would not have to be set until the property was platted and the majority of the fees would be coming from the residential land on TCAAP. Mr. Duval looked forward to receiving more feedback from the Council on the vision for the parks in order to create parks that met the City's goals and objectives. Councilmember Holmes questioned if the park dedication fees had to be established prior to approving the TRC. Mayor Grant was in favor of setting this fee before approving the TRC. He suggested. WSB work with the Master Developer to find common ground. Councilmember Holden believed that the Council should meet with its own consultants to greater define what amenities should be included in the parks prior to a meeting being held between WSB and the Master Developer. Ms. Kvilvang suggested parks be addressed by the City Council further at their worksession meeting on Monday, November 21St Mr. Duval commented that if the City and the City's Engineer provided him with the design criteria, he could design a park with better pricing information. Councilmember Holmes understood that the City only had park costs at this time. She believed it would benefit the Council to also review Town Center, the canal structure costs, and wildlife corridor expenses. She questioned if the City and the County had come to an agreement on who would be paying for the wildlife resources corridor. Ms. Kvilvang stated she could provide the Council with this information on the 21St. Further discussion ensued regarding the wildlife resources corridor and understood that no changes had occurred. Interim Public Works Director/City Engineer Brotzler questioned what other financial information the Council was looking for. He noted that all roadway improvements would be assumed by the developer, which would be a net zero cost to the City. He provided further comment on how trunk. fees would be charged to the developer. Ms. Kvilvang commented the developer was very aware of the public costs for both infrastructure and parks and were working this into their model. Councilmember Holden asked if the City would have to bond for park improvements. Ms. Kvilvang anticipated the City would only have to bond for the trunk utilities under the spine road.