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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — AUGUST 12, 2024 9 Councilmember Rousseau returned to the Safe Routes to School conversation. The determination was based on data and scoring. She wondered if we should be looking at increasing the scoring by partnering with Mounds View School District. Public Works Director and City Engineer Swearingen said he will reach out to Mounds View School District to see if there is interest in doing Safe Routes to School on a larger scale. He plans to start that conversation this week, pending what we hear from MNDOT. He said we did score well, but they suggested that if we could boost the scores, that would be helpful. Councilmember Rousseau asked if MNDOT had any other recommendations or is that the space where we can get the most points? Public Works Director and City Engineer Swearingen stated they are looking to expand their own scoring. There is an All Abilities transportation plan through Ramsey County and MNDOT wants to see if they can include that into their scoring. So they are looking to expand it to more than just Safe Routes to School. Councilmember Rousseau asked if they might have different criteria in two years? Public Works Director and City Engineer Swearingen said it could be included this time around. That information will come out in late September. We will be looking at boosting the scoring based on the feedback we got last week. Councilmember Fabel asked for confirmation that the Lake Johanna Boulevard is planned for 2028. Public Works Director and City Engineer Swearingen confirmed. Councilmember Fabel asked if there were significant efficiencies that could be achieved by having the trail work done at the same time as the road work. Public Works Director and City Engineer Swearingen said yes. Ideally you would do it all in one plan set so it is all constructed at the same time. Councilmember Holden said we aren't just talking about Lake Johanna and Highway 10. She said we are hoping MNDOT is going to do the 51 trail. Public Works Director and City Engineer Swearingen confirmed. They reached out to the surrounding cities and agencies to inform us they are looking to construct that in 2026. Councilmember Holden wondered what the cost of the Lake Josephine trail will be. Public Works Director and City Engineer Swearingen said a rough estimate of City cost is approximately $100,000. Which would be a 50150 cost share with the county that they would match. Councilmember Monson there is a small stretch between Lake Johanna Boulevard and Elmer Anderson and she is surprised they didn't loop that in with the Lake Johanna project. Public Works Director and City Engineer Swearingen said they were going to but their pavement preservation program is repaving County Road E in 2026. They asked if there is interest in adding the trail facility there during that project in 2026.