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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — AUGUST 25, 2025 23 Finance Director Yang said Council would like to see a more leveled debt service. Mayor Grant asked if Lake Valentine Road is included with any of the project years. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen said the top scenario is in 2030. The scenarios where the PMP is pushed, it would be in 2032. Mayor Grant asked when it was originally proposed, last time. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen said there wasn't a clear schedule before he started. Mayor Grant thought it was proposed for 2024. It never did get done. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen confirmed. We tried large area patching and the chip seal. Mayor Grant asked if there were further questions. He asked Councilmember Rousseau what her request was. Councilmember Rousseau wanted to see a scenario E but including bonding only for the Highway 10 Trail. Councilmember Weber asked if that was still pushing the PMPs. Councilmember Rousseau would like to see it both ways, if possible. Finance Director Yang confirmed she can do that. Councilmember Rousseau asked when the deadline was for the preliminary levy. Finance Director Yang said by the end of September. Councilmember Holden said there is $8,000 for Park and Rec To Go program. There weren't a lot of attendees and the places they are going is in the wealthier communities. She has a problem with that. She understands it hasn't worked in the mobile home community but we should considers ways to make it work at Arden Manor. There are a ton of kids in the town houses. We go to Cummings, which is surrounded by the wealthy community and Hazelnut. She doesn't understand spending $8,000 on a program that isn't hitting the communities that need it. Councilmember Rousseau said it would be helpful if Staff provided a breakdown of why those parks were chosen. With Arden Manor there were conversations about sharing the flyers in other languages. A lot of the kids that came by didn't have a waiver signed. We are early in the Park Master Plan but Cummings and Hazelnut have been identified by the consultants as community parks vs. neighborhood parks. She would be interested to see what thoughts are for next year, regarding those. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen said Recreation Supervisor Johnson was going to have an after action report completed soon and will share in the Admin Update.