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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - JULY] 0, 2006 6 . Councilmember Larson stated historically this kind of improvement would have come out of the General Fund and not the Parks Fund. Ms. Olson responded in looking back at the history until ]999, the funds were coming out of the Parks Fund and then after ]999 it started coming out of the General Fund. He stated he supported the improvements that would need to be made to resurface the tennis court, but he did not believe this had any effect on the trails. He believed they needed to maintain both the courts and the trails. He stated they needed to find additional sources of revenue for the parks and they did not have a sufficient funding source for the parks and trails at the present time. He indicated the Council needed to have a discussion as to what was going to be paid out of the Park Fund and how additional revenues would be added to that fund. He stated he supported Option 1. MOTION: Councilmember Grant moved and Counci]member Larson seconded a motion to amend the 2006 budget in the amount of $] 1,956.00 for the resurface of the hard court play areas at Floral Park and Royal Hills Park. The motion carried unanimously (5-0). Councilmember Holden asked how would they maintain the parks if the General Fund did not grow also. Council member Larson stated he did not believe it mattered which fund it came out of and what was important was how the City was going to fund the parks. He did not believe the City had a coherent way of how to raise revenue for parks and maintain them. . MOTION: Councilmember Grant moved and Councilmember Larson seconded a motion to take $11,956.00 out of the Genera] Fund. The motion carried unanimously (5-0). MOTION: Counci]member Grant moved and Councilmember Larson seconded a motion to direct staffto come back to Council with their recommendations on how the City should fund the parks. Mayor Aplikowski asked if staff could get this infornlation to Council by the fall. Ms. Wolfe stated she believed tennis courts and basketball courts could have a recommendation by the fall, but the trails would take additional time. MOTION: Councilmember Grant moved and Mayor Aplikowski seconded an amendment to the previous motion to also include trails and other amenities. The motion and amendment carried unanimously (5-0). C. Motion to Direct Staff to Allocate Fundinl! Toward Mounds View School District for Tennis Court Maintenance in 2007 Ms. Olson stated in 1993, the City of Arden Hills donated $25,000 from the Park Fund to District 621 to support the construction of eight tennis courts at Mounds View High School. Since that time, the City of Arden Hills has had the luxury of utilizing the courts every spring and summer for lessons and team tennis leagues. Due to the City's relationship with the district, the .