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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — JULY 14, 2025 18 Councilmember Rousseau asked what the cost was. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen will have to double check but he believes it is under $200,000. Councilmember Rousseau asked if anyone could think of other items. Discussion ensued regarding the parking lot share with the church at Hazelnut Park. Councilmember Rousseau said that's all she can think of but she would like to hear about the earlier question of what the PIR would look like with $50,000 more a year. Councilmember Holden asked if we are going to look at Cummings basketball court. We created a maintenance system. That was part of the master park plan. Mayor Grant said the basketball court was resurfaced but the backboards and hoops need to be replaced. We don't want to rip the foundations out but a backboard could be mounted on the existing poles with some customization. Councilmember Holden said it should be put in the 5-year plan, too. Councilmember Rousseau asked if they cost more than $5,000. Mayor Grant said yes. Councilmember Weber asked how we would pay for bonding if we don't want to increase the levy. Finance Director Yang said we would have to increase the levy just enough to cover the debt service. Councilmember Weber thinks that will be a lot more than $50,000 a year to that fund. Councilmember Holden asked if we can bond for Park and Recreation services instead of one specific project. She said if we make a list of all the other little things that need to be done and when we bond for Lake Johanna we do those, in addition. Finance Director Yang confirmed. You can have a list of projects. Councilmember Holden said we don't want to bond more than once because of the cost of bonding. Mayor Grant said the interest cost on the bonds is what is concerning. He said we are paying an extra $1 million for the Fire Station on $3 million. If you can pay for it without bonding you are very far ahead. He said Lake Johanna Trail is scheduled in 2028. Our bonding from the water project is up in 2028. Finance Director Yang said it ends in February of 2029.