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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION—AUGUST 19, 2024 6 Councilmember Holden asked if the sewer lining needed to be increased. There is no grant money for 2025. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen stated the public improvements for that grant opportunity go through 2025. Councilmember Holden asked for clarification if the bid would be increased by $60,000. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen stated he increased that number by $60,000 based off the pricing he received this year for material cost. He adjusted it based off what the market is right now. Councilmember Holden thought the number was lower when we put the bid out. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen stated he's doing more lining. This is the Glenarden Neighborhood. There is more 10-inch pipe then there was in the last one. It could still change; he was being conservative. Councilmember Holden clarified, even if we don't get grant money from Met Council, Public Works Director/City Engineer David Swearingen will still want to spend this money. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen confirmed. He is proposing the project as it is right now. He can be flexible, if necessary. Councilmember Holden asked if a request for I/I money has been made for 2025. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen stated he put us in the program last year and that will be reimbursed in January of 2026. Councilmember Holden asked how much of the $475,000 would be reimbursed. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen answered it would be roughly 25%. When he applied, he put in everything in the CIP he had planned for during that timeframe. He can monitor it and see how the funding is going before he puts it out for bid. Councilmember Holden asked if that was the only project for Glenarden. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen confirmed that is the only lining project in 2025. There might be some minimal lining in 2026 with the PMP but it's a new neighborhood. Mayor Grant assumed this project could be pushed. He said lining projects are one after another. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen would get authorization from Council before he went out for bid on a project like this. Mayor Grant asked if the approach is still to do the worst first. He asked if we are caught up. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen confirmed. After the Arden View neighborhood, this Glenarden neighborhood and the Venus neighborhood are the last real clay