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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — AUGUST 12, 2024 8 Councilmember Holden said it is five years to use the funds. She asked if there was any matching with Met Council or Safe Routes to School. Public Works Director and City Engineer Swearingen stated the Met Council match is 80/20 and there is no match for Safe Routes to School. He will need to verify but believes cities can use the Safe Routes to School to match the federal dollars. So you could apply it towards regional solicitation dollars for a match. Mayor Grant stated that trail has been a priority for us and if we have until 2029 to use the Met Council funds, it behooves us to try and line up other funding sources between now and then. Councilmember Monson wondered how the Highway 10 trail will play with the Lake Johanna Boulevard trail. She asked if we know if the Lake Johanna trail is in the county budget or if they have committed to a year. Public Works Director and City Engineer Swearingen stated 2028. He said the road work is in their TIP for 2028 but he doesn't think it includes the trail. There was a $2 million commitment from the county and the city if they would have gotten the Regional Solicitation Grant of $5.5 million. He will have to look at the TIP closer to see if they included the $2 million. But they are planning to do the roadway in 2028. Councilmember Monson thinks there should be a trail discussion regarding all of the options for Highway 10, laying out here are the years, here's Lake Johanna, here's what we know about the county. This would help figure out how we want to stagger them. She assumes Council should be looking at 2026 projects or 2025 projects that could be pushed to 2026. She asked about the force main discussion when the timing didn't work because the need was too urgent. Councilmember Holden said we should be looking at 2025, too. As soon as they pass the bonding bill, the money is available. We could easily put an RFP out and get the work done. If it's 2025 money, you can use it for three years. Councilmember Monson said that is helpful to know, looking at this project. She thought in the past we have been successful with sewer and water fixes. She wondered if anything on the list would be a good candidate, besides the trail. She thought the lift station rehab and trunk water main improvements with Roseville could be a good partnership. Mayor Grant said the trunk improvements with Roseville was $300,000 and then it ballooned to $900,000. Public Works Director and City Engineer Swearingen confirmed that was the estimated Arden Hills' cost. Mayor Grant said because of the escalation in estimated cost, there could be a narrative in there that we could sell. Public Works Director and City Engineer Swearingen added the genesis for that improvement is for future development for TCAAP. So that is a necessary upgrade to support TCAAP.