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. . . ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - JULY 10, 2006 5 2. Amend the 2006 budget by an increase of$5,993.00 (lowest bid) for the resurface of the Floral Park hard court play areas and direct staff to begin the proposed maintenance/resurfacing schedule in 2007. Direct staff to budget both Floral Park and Royal Hills Park hard court play areas in 2007, effectively delaying the proposed maintenance/resurfacing schedule one year. 3. She recommended Council amend the 2006 budget by an increase of$I1,956.00 (lowest bid) for resurfacing the hard court play areas at Floral Park and Royal Hills Park. At a minimum, she believed these two courts should be scheduled for resurfacing in 2007. Councilmember Pellegrin asked ifresurfacing would fix the large cracks to the pavement. Ms. Olsou responded the cracks might not be fixed, but until it was resurfaced, they did not know if the cracks would reappear or not. She indicated even with a reconstruct, they could not guarantee the cracks would not reappear. Councilmember Pellegrin stated he was concerned that resurfacing was not sufficient and that maybe the City should consider reconstructing the two courts. Ms. Olson stated to reconstruct a court, the estimated cost is $20,000 to $25,000. Royal Hills Park has foundational type cracks, similar to Cummings Park. Because Royal Oaks has not had a resurface done in over ten years it is difficult to know how cracks will do with a resurface. We should evaluate the Royal Hills tennis court for one year after the project completion. Councilmember Holden stated she was in shock that these courts had not been resurfaced since the mid 1990's. She asked if the trails were being resurfaced. Ms. Olson responded it appeared that the trails had not been resurfaced and only surface repairs such as crack sealing have been made. Councilmember Holden stated she was not going to vote yes for any more trails, until the trails and structures they presently have were maintained. She asked if they could get a discount if they also did the tennis courts at the same time as Mounds View High School does theirs. Ms. Olsou responded this was a possibility. Councilmember Holden stated she was in favor of fixing the City parks. Mayor Aplikowski noted it had been tile decision of a previous Council to not maintain the tennis courts because they were not being used, but now it appeared this had turned around. Councilmember Grant stated this was an asset that needed to be tracked and maintained on a periodic basis. He stated he wanted to make sure this got into a system and was tracked. He stated he wanted to ensure the vehicles were being tracked also. Mayor Aplikowski stated this was not staffs fault and it was a previous Council's decision not to maintain the tennis courts. Councilmember Grant stated he wanted the information about when Council voted to not maintain the tennis courts.