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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — JUNE 9, 2025 20 Councilmember Monson said she still wants to have a conversation regarding funding on Lake Johanna Blvd Trail. Mayor Grant said that is a different item. Councilmember Monson agrees. She wants to have some preemptive thinking. Do we raise revenue to support it? Mayor Grant thought that could happen during strategic planning. He asked about MNTWC. He said you have to have enough acreage to do it. So it would either have to go in TCAAP. If we aren't willing to do that, there's no other place to put it. Councilmember Weber asked who said we weren't willing to do that? Mayor Grant said that is the question he is tossing out. Councilmember Monson said they came to Council. The question is do we want to have a tournament facility within the City. If yes, we need to talk about it, get the other players in, do Joint Development and do surveys. Do we want to get that ball rolling? Councilmember Rousseau thought they were going to come back and provide some financial information. She's fine with taking it off the list for now. However, if they come back, she wants Council to be willing to hear them out. Councilmember Holden remembers Council directed that group to go to the JDA to discuss it because we don't have any room. If the County decides they don't want to use their land for something like that, then it's a dead deal. Councilmember Monson said the JDA said it's here for City discussion. We would have to zone for it, if we want it. She doesn't know why the JDA would say no if everything aligned. The JDA said that's a zoning question. If you want it we can decide how to manage it. This is not a pressing issue. If it comes back to life we can discuss it. She doesn't think there needs to be any more time spend discussing it, at this time. Mayor Grant said it would have to go through the County, too. If they don't want to sell land for a tournament center, it's done. Councilmember Weber said the developer could also have that conversation. Councilmember Holden said the cost would be astronomical to the City. Council agreed to remove the item from the list. Mayor Grant asked if the EDA Membership Discussion resolve itself? We want to have an EDA. It's currently the council. It's a lot of financial decisions. We are required to meet one time per year. We have been meeting that statutory requirement. Councilmember Rousseau would like to have that discussion. It's been about a year since the last time the EDA met. She sees other EDAs that have members of the community involved. They