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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — AUGUST 25, 2025 12 Council would prefer him to research that and come back to let them know there isn't enough information. Mayor Grant wondered what it would take to print postcards and ask residents to drop it off or send it in. Councilmember Monson thought a QR code and have it in English and Spanish. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen said Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky is good at that. Councilmember Holden said we need to go directly to the residents. We can't go through management. City Administrator Jagoe said we can do a mailer and a Next Door post describing the outreach. Councilmember Rousseau agrees that we need to go directly to the residents. She has concerns about language barriers. If Staff doesn't have what they need from the previous survey results, she is fine with Staff moving forward with the outreach without further Council direction. Mayor Grant said it is important that we get it right and give the residents something that they like and that they will use. Councilmember Holden said we need to be careful on wording. There are a lot of Hispanic residents and she doesn't want people wondering what the City is collecting from them. She wouldn't want anyone to be panicked. Councilmember Weber said that sounds like consensus to move forward. Mayor Grant said yes. Finance Director Yang said there were three location where park shelter replacements were programmed for 2026 at $170,000. Those were shifted to occur in 2029 with Cummings Park removed. That was an $85,000 impact. The changes resulted in a $77,500 decrease to project expenditures over the next 10-year period. The shifts in theses two park projects assume they will remain in place and have been incorporated into the various Fund Balance scenarios that she will be walking through. Mayor Grant said the Cummings Park shelter, that was removed, was used for shade while the kids play on the playground, according to residents he talked to. He asked if Council think we needs a full building, rather than just a shade structure. He doesn't think a shade structure is $85,000. Councilmember Rousseau asked if Mayor Grant was suggesting we add a shade structure as a new item at Cummings. Councilmember Weber said Cummings Park was removed in this scenario.