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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — JULY 28, 2025 18 Mayor Grant said it may be a simple contact to our State Representative outlining how important the program is to Cities. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen said using them definitely has an impact, they just haven't been reliable for scheduling when we need them. Councilmember Holden asked if Shoreview is having any issues. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen said they have them full time. Councilmember Holden said one problem is if a facility is in lockdown, we lose that work. Councilmember Monson asked if we need another discussion with Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen on the structure on how to spread the equipment costs out. She presumes that conversation will happen in early 2026, and not be included with the current budget discussion. Council agreed with that strategy. Councilmember Holden said she knows Public Works is busy but it's time to slow down. We don't want to burn out the Staff we have. C. Old Snelling Avenue Speed Limit Discussion Mayor Grant said this isn't the first time we've discussed this. It was publicized after our initial discussion. Speed limit signs are posted at 25 miles per hour (mph). Councilmember Holden said she was against this initially. She still wants to leave it at 25 mph. This came about because Councilmember Monson brought some information forward. Councilmember Monson said she was under the assumption that the resident she spoke with was the spokesperson for a broader group of neighbors. That was incorrect. She thinks it should remain 25 mph. If there appears to be interest, we can do some public outreach and reevaluate at that time. Mayor Grant said he received an email from a resident who wants it increased. Councilmember Holden said we didn't do public outreach on any other street where it's 25 mph and someone complained it was too low. She thinks we leave it as is. She wouldn't want other neighborhoods coming forward and requesting an increase in the limit. Councilmember Weber discussed the information outlined in the agenda information, based on the signs installed to collect that driver information. He said 26% of people are going 20 mph or less. About 53% of people who drive down that road are speeding and driving between 25-40 mph. That is a problem with the speed limit. If 80% of the people are speeding down the road then the road isn't designed for residential.