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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL WORK SESSION—OCTOBER 15, 2024 7 Councilmember Monson thinks it is clear that what is in the Term Sheet is not going to change and she agrees that the larger discussion will be surrounding TIF and what will that mean for all the other pieces. Costs have gone up. Overall, she doesn't know why anything would change in terms of the core goal. She thinks it would be valuable to have a separate discussion regarding the Parks MOU. She thinks the reaffirmation should be pretty quick because everything is pretty well ironed out. Mayor Grant asked if someone should sit down with Bob Lux and ask him where he is with this. Councilmember Fabel said he is prepared to do that. Councilmember Holden said Interim City Administrator Jagoe could do that. She still thinks Council needs to look closer at the parks and rec stuff. Mayor Grant said it behooves us to be prepared with what we want prior to sitting down with Bob Lux. Councilmember Rousseau would like to set up several weeks in a row where a work session is scheduled. If the meetings are not needed they could be cancelled. She will make room for this in her schedule. Councilmember Fabel thinks many of the parks elements will continue to evolve. Mayor Grant thinks we want to go in with what we want and put it on the table. Councilmember Holden a lot of the things that get changed, may affect Public Works. It could add another half position. She doesn't know if the amphitheater is still in there, she doesn't know if a lot of the previous promises are in there and who's paying for it. Stacie Kvilvang said if it was in the MOU, it's in there. Bob Lux is paying for that. That is part of their special service district that will help pay for the maintenance. Interim City Administrator Jagoe agrees the regular meeting cadence will help with scheduling. She asked Kori Land for availability. She has some commitments in place on some Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Kori Land is available every Thursday. She thinks it's important that Kori Land and Stacie Kvilvang be involved in these work sessions. Councilmember Monson would like to propose Thursdays, starting on October 24tn Mayor Grant personally is not looking at every week. Councilmember Monson said we don't have time to wait. Councilmember Rousseau would like to schedule a work session every week and if it is not needed, it can be cancelled. Councilmember Holden can't do anything until after November 6tn Mayor Grant suggested Thursday,November 7tn