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Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />AGENDA ITEM – 3B <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: June 10, 2024 <br /> <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br /> Dave Perrault, City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: Lucas J. Miller Assistant Public Works Director <br /> David Swearingen, P.E. Public Works Director / City Engineer <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Highway 96/Highway 10 Corridor Landscaping and Irrigation Maintenance <br /> <br /> Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: <br /> $0 TBD Park Fund; Tree Replacement funds <br /> <br />Council Should Consider <br /> <br />• Council should consider adding irrigation at the SW quadrant of TH-10 and Hwy-96 <br />throughout the area of existing landscaping and replacing approximately 17 dead shrubs <br />on the top side of the retaining wall along Lakeshore Place. <br />• Council should consider pursuing irrigation along Highway 96 corridor to improve the <br />health and longevity of the trees and landscaping along that corridor. <br />• Council should consider replacement of approximately 30 trees that are in decline along <br />highway 96. <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />Lakeshore Place retaining wall landscaping maintenance - Public Works staff has been aware of <br />the viability issues of the landscaping around the Lakeshore Place retaining wall (near the <br />intersection of Highways 96 and 10 southwest quadrant) for the last couple years and adjusted to <br />try to include it as part of our maintenance cycle per the cooperative agreement with Ramsey <br />County approved by City Council on March 10, 2023. This effort of maintenance is solely <br />dependent on daily workload and staff availability. Based on concerns stated by residents in the <br />area, staff is trying to come up with A) a more realistic and consistent maintenance option for the <br />longevity of the plantings and trees in the area and B) direction to replace the shrubs that are in <br />heavy decline in the area. Arden Hills is required to maintain the area per the cooperative <br />agreement with Ramsey County attached (Attachment A). <br /> <br /> <br />Irrigation to existing trees locations along Highway 96 – Similarly, the Highway 96 corridor <br />landscaping maintenance is the responsibility of Arden Hills. The City has invested nearly