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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—MAY 13, 2019 12 of the sports teams without eliminating all of the trees. He explained this would benefit the school district with regard to the tree mitigation needs, while also saving the school district a great deal of money on both tree removal and replacement. He reported he met with the Superintendent on Friday, May 17, 2019, and he agreed this was a win-win situation. Molly Coskran, 1802 Gramsie Road, encouraged the school district to reconsider the relocation of the lacrosse field. She reported the charm of Mounds View High School was the trees. She recommended the Council approve the revised plan that was submitted by Joe Ehrlich in order to preserve trees. Michael Schwartz, Associate Principal at Mounds View High School, discussed the parking needs at his school. He reported the school currently has 561 parking spots and with the new plan the school would have 688. He reviewed the proposed parking plan in further detail with the Council. He explained he could not give the City a hard date on when Phase II would be completed. He indicated this was a funding issue for the school district. He stated it was the school's goal to have lighting and islands in the North parking lot, but noted he did not know the date when this would be completed. He discussed the lighting that would be installed at the crosswalk. He reported the school wants to be good neighbors and did not want to take down more trees than was necessary. He indicated he supported the proposed plan from Mr. Ehrlick but noted had to be reviewed by the school districts engineers. Mayor Grant commented the City understood the school districts funding issues for this project. He asked if a sidewalk would be installed from the far westerly opening of the North parking lot to Janet Court. Mr. Schwartz reported a sidewalk would be installed in this location. Councilmember Holden questioned when the school district would know if the new field alignment would work. Paul Aplikowski, Wold Architects, stated costs were being revised along with contracts and stated from an engineering standpoint the realignment would work. He noted the grading impact would be less and 23 significant trees would be saved. He estimated only six trees would have to be taken down, but these were smaller trees. He reported the City Council can assume the field realignment would occur. Councilmember Holden requested further information on "Phase II"of this project. Mr. Schwartz stated the school would be fixing the potholes in the North parking lot prior to school beginning in the fall. He noted the parking lot would also have sealcoating. Councilmember McClung requested further information regarding the stormwater implications for the North parking lot. City Planner Mrosla commented stormwater improvements would be required if a shovel were p g laced in the round. He noted additional stormwater ponding would be required onsite which would increase costs. i