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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION—September 9, 2019 4 with five-foot fencing, also removing the dugout benches. Options 1 and 2 assume staff and/or ICWC doing the work. Option 3 includes a cost for site grading and higher cost for irrigation repair. Mayor Grant felt ten trees may be too many. He thought a couple of fast growing maples would suffice. He wondered if they would put any kind of shelter for shade as that would provide shade right away. Councilmember Holmes felt the items in Option 1 were the most important. Councilmember McClung asked if they could possibly phase in the work, for example do Option I with plans to move to Option 2. Mayor Grant suggested cutting the backstop fence off to the same height as the rest of the fence and reuse the same caps from the top. He felt they could go with Option 2 and look at creative ways to keep the cost down on the fencing, and a possible shelter with fewer trees. C. Shorewood Drive Drainage Improvements Interim Public Works Director/City Engineer Blomstrom introduced the item by saying that Shorewood Drive ends at a cul-de-sac. There is approximately 1,200 feet of roadway and 4.5 acres of land that is draining into one catch basin in the middle of the street at the low point. New bituminous curb and an overlay project was done about three years ago. Runoff is exceeding the capacity causing minor flooding and flowing over part of the driveway at 3203 Shorewood Drive. He stated that the property owner has been working for quite some time with the City to resolve the issue. Options discussed include installation of additional catch basins to the west of the driveway that tie into the box culvert, installation of curb along the frontage of the driveway, pulling the end of the driveway up and leading to replacement of the driveway, or installation of a trench drain along the driveway. He also stated that additional survey data needs to be collected, drainage calculations made, schematic designs drawn and the best solution found in conjunction with the homeowner. Interim Public Works Director/City Engineer Blomstrom said the City has an on-call contract with HRGreen and they've performed drainage work for the City in the past. After discussion staff was directed to get a proposal from HRGreen. Interim Public Works Director/City Engineer Blomstrom stated he had one other item he'd like them to look at while they are surveying which is a low point in the road on Grant that is backing up onto the driveway and very close to the home. They need to determine if there is an over land route that is lower than the grade of the garage slab. Mayor Grant directed staff to include that address into the quote for survey work. Councilmember Holmes said there needs to be a catch basin at 1803 Venus as well as there used to be one at that location but it was removed for the PMP.