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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — APRIL 24, 2023 4 Mayor Grant asked if PTRC had volunteers come to help, would their hours be counted and at what rate? Mr. Rexine said that was correct and it was usually at about $25.00 an hour. Councilmember Rousseau asked if it could get added to tonight's meeting for approval. Mayor Grant replied that they won't be having four -person work sessions going forward, this was a special meeting so it could come forward to the Council on May 8. Councilmember Holden will have to come up to speed on her own. Councilmember Fabel asked if the grant application was park specific or could they ask for the money and decide where to use it later. Mr. Rexine said he does have to submit a parcel list with the grant application. Mayor Grant clarified that they would submit a parcel number for a park, a management plan for five years, and a match amount would be specified. In subsequent years we could submit for further grants for further parks. Mr. Rexine said that was correct. Mayor Grant said they would have to ask PTRC if they would be willing to be part of the crew. He felt Council should choose which park and which budget. Councilmember Monson would like to know what park PTRC recommends. Mayor Grant asked what level of work Great River Greening could take on for the city. Mr. Rexine said they could do it all, but would also want to work with City staff. He would phase it for better success rather than take on all the parks at once. He though Floral or Hazelnut would be good starting points because they've already had some work done. Chatham has a lot of density, and for Perry Park he would want the County on board to work on their land adjacent to the park. That could be a joint proposal between Ramsey County and the City. Mr. Kelliher noted there are other funding sources such as the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and the Arden Hills Foundation with a possible fundraiser. Mayor Grant said the Foundation has been used as a funding source. People could give to the Foundation and the Foundation could give the money to the City to use as part of the match. Councilmember Rousseau asked for clarification that if they put this on the May 8 agenda the Council would authorize moving forward with GRG and the PTRC would provide a recommendation of which parks to start with and a grant request amount. Mayor Grant added it should be stipulated as a 25% match. Council would weigh in on how many phases and how many parks to do. PTRC can make a recommendation and Council would look at funding.