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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION – OCTOBER 19, 2020 8 Mayor Grant asked the Council for input. Councilmember Scott leaned toward taking the money now and continuing to have a rental building for then next couple of years. Councilmember McClung agreed. Councilmember Holmes wanted to wait but to get a warming house even if it were just for the attendants. Councilmember Holden also wanted to wait. Mayor Grant wanted to wait for the insurance settlement but get a temporary warming house for the rink attendants. Direction to staff was to wait to take the insurance settlement but to get a temporary warming house for the rink attendants this season. Public Works Director/City Engineer Blomstrom said the City Council previously discussed options for reconstruction of the parking lot at Hazelnut Park during the September 19, 2019 work session and subsequent work sessions regarding the Capital Improvement Program updates. The parking lot adjacent to Hazelnut Park is located on property owned by Gathering Place Lutheran Church, Trinity Lutheran of Lake Johanna and is available for public use under a Maintenance Agreement and Joint Use Agreement with the Church as provided in Attachment D. The parking lot pavement is significantly deteriorated and can no longer be cost effectively maintained by seal coating and occasional patching. Representatives from the Church informed City staff during discussions last year and more recently last month that the Church does not have financial resources to contribute toward reconstruction of the parking lot. Public Works Director/City Engineer Blomstrom stated the existing parking lot currently has approximately 139 spaces, exceeding the minimum parking demand for the Church which is approximately 50 spaces based on City code requirements. Recent discussions with the Church have focused on a potential reduction in the size of the parking lot as shown on Attachment E in order to reduce the overall cost and potentially generate additional green space for the park. That reduction is about 14,000 square feet and would eliminate 32 spaces from the parking lot. The Church board may be supportive of that proposal if in exchange the City would reconstruct the full parking lot and assume future pavement maintenance. Councilmember Holden felt the underlying property owner needs to give up more than 32 spaces in order for the City to spend the money to repave the lot. Mayor Grant said he can’t go along with spending $400,000 for 1/3 acre. Public Works Director/City Engineer Blomstrom clarified that the proposal would have the 14000 square feet conveyed to the City to own as park land. Councilmember Holmes thought maybe the parking lot should be 50 spaces, the City could repave that section and the rest would be park land.