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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—APRIL 22, 2024 3 City Administrator Perrault indicated Alatus would be putting somewhere between $10 and $15 million into the horizontal infrastructure within the development. Councilmember Holden asked if the plans for TCAAP includes a public works structure for Arden Hills. City Administrator Perrault stated this was not included in the plans. Councilmember Holden reported on March 11 she inquired what the City was allowed to bill the JDA for. She asked if staff had any information on the agreement between the City and the JDA. City Administrator Perrault stated Stacie Kvilvang would be paid for by the City and Bruce Kimmel would be paid for by the County. He explained it was his understanding the JDA would be billed for meeting services which included AV and minutes. Councilmember Holden discussed how the grading expenses for TCAAP had gone up significantly due to the soil corrections that were required. She questioned why the grading in the south had changed significantly and requested that these expenses not be borne by the Arden Hills taxpayers. She inquired if Alatus was trying to avoid the need for wetland credits. City Administrator Perrault reported without knowing the full scope of the soil corrections, he did not believe the scope of the mass grading had changed. He explained he had provided the Council with the plans Bolander had drafted for the site in 2018 and it appears there were some areas where 5 to 15 feet would have to be cut off of certain areas and would be moved to other areas. He believed this was still the same plan for the site. He understood the only major change since 2018 was where the funding for the grading would come from. He stated in the past, the assumption was that the County would pay for the mass grading and would be reimbursed through land sales or property tax revenue and today the County was not willing to fund the mass grading for the site. He indicated these expenditures make up the majority of the gap that was in place today. Councilmember Holden commented previously Alatus had stated they wanted to do the grading since they were completing the development. City Administrator Perrault explained Alatus would have preferred to do the grading in-house had it been financially feasible and they could have done this less expensively, but they are finding it is financially not possible. Councilmember Holden requested staff follow up regarding the mass grading because maybe something else needs to be looked at. City Administrator Perrault stated it was his understanding the majority of the soil in the Town Center area was muck and could not be built on as is. He reported in order to build in this area, soil has to be brought in from somewhere, which was why soil would be brought from one end of the site to the Town Center site. Mayor Grant indicated the financials for this project were far from resolved. He asked if the water tower and trunk utilities would still be financed by the developer and billed back as fees.