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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — MAY 12, 2025 7 advantage of doing it now, is you lock in that price, generally speaking. Bid prices have been pretty accurate recently. He believes we are in the range that has been identified. Councilmember Holden asked when they want to bid this. Mike McGarvey said as early as December as late as February. Councilmember Holden would rather see it in December or January. Mike McGarvey said before it can go out for bid, the right of way and permitting need to be in place. Some of the RCWD rules have changed so they will work with them to make sure the assumptions they made are still valid with the adjustments that have occurred. The advantage of this not being a federal project gives some flexibility on when the right of way is needed. There are small easements needed from private properties for the boardwalk construction. Negotiations with MnDOT, Ramsey County and Bethel are happening for temporary grading areas for storm water management features. That can occur as the plans are being completed. Usually the long lead time is needed for right of way. The permits are drafted and plans will be finalized. Councilmember Monson will take Staff recommendation on whether we add construction support now or later. Mayor Grant asked what is needed from Bethel. Mike McGarvey said there is a small area on the west side of Bethel Lake where they need to do compensatory storage. There is a small, elevated area along Old Highway 10 where it will be graded down to provide that flood storage. Mayor Grant asked if they will be removing buckthorn. Mike McGarvey confirmed. The buckthorn will be cleared out and graded down approximately 3 feet. Councilmember Holden asked how much easement or right of way do we need to purchase. Mike McGarvey said it is under 1,000 square feet. They are small triangular pieces in the back yards. C. Flock Discussion Commander Mike Hankee from the Ramsey County Sheriffs Office said Flock is a fixed license plate reader system. The proposal is to place 19 of them within the contract cities. Flock will send an alert to the Deputy's laptop that a vehicle has a hit, meaning they have a warrant out or it is wanted in a serious crime. The system reads the plate, the information is sent to the laptop in the squad. It will ping their cell phone if they are outside of the squad. It will say what intersection the vehicle was and what direction it was traveling. All of the squad cars have license plate readers built in to the cameras. The Flock cameras just multiplies the system. This technology gives deputies the best chance of apprehending criminals who are entering our area. Surrounding communities are already using Flock cameras. It is a useful technology.