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. . . ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION - JULY 20. 1998 5 Mr. Fritsinger stated that he and Mr. Ringwald had met with MnDOT officials several weeks ago, and that funding is currently available and MnDOT is pursuing the entire Arden Hills portion of the project - from Lexington Avenue to Old Highway 8 - as a federal project in the year 2000. This would require the County to complete their design by April or May of 1999. . Residential Building Demolition and Potential Excessinl: of Prooerty Strategy: Determine exactly, "What is the excessing process?". Once we know what and who this all entails, further evaluate the strategy to influence it, which includes, "When are we in?; What's left to do?; Do we need to influence it?; If so, what and why?" Outside Assistance: No task force is necessary. Legal/Consultingllobbying assistance would all be necessary. Budget: An approximate budget would be $50,000 to accomplish this task. Discussion: Mr. Fritsinger reported that this portion of TCAAP was the first piece to be worked through the excessing process, and that the community has never pursued participation or whether we want to monitor or influence it. Mr. Pritsinger advised that there were numerous federal branches that may have first opportunity to obtain the property; making it necessary that the City regroup and become an active participant. It was the consensus of the Council that we need to control this first key property, or lose future participation; budget impacts; leverage issues; and meeting with GSA staff to confirm their support of the plan. . Re-Use Plan Strategy: There are three components to this strategy which are: . Adopt the Comprehensive Plan Update . Refresh memories of decision makers as to what the plan entails (constituency building) . Conduct Phase II Plarming activities Outside Assistance: The Arden Hills Task Force and the Vento Re-Utilization Committee have completed their work with the Phase I plarming. On the Phase II plarming it may be appropriate to re-energize a task force on this issue. On implementation, there is no need for a task force, but legal/lobbying/consulting will all be necessary . Budget: The Comprehensive Plan update is already funded. The cost for constituency building is estimated at $5,000 and the cost for the phase II planning is estimated at $300,000.