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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — AUGUST 25, 2025 8 Finance Director Yang said we discussed the 2026-2030 CIP budget at the July work sessions. Council directed Staff to provide several budget options that would be funded by either a levy increase or through bonding and the impact each funding option would have. She will touch on the shift in project expenditures and the various impacts. Finance Director Yang began with the Hard Court and Trail Rehabilitation. She shared slides showing how things will change after moving the project expenditures. Project increases, by year, are shown as negative numbers and decreases as positive numbers to show how the changes will impact the overall Fund Balance. Increases to project expenditures reduce Fund Balance and decreases improve Fund Balance. The key changes made include Hazelnut tennis court and trail rehab was shifted from 2026 to 2028. It was $250,000. That moved to $265,000; a 6% or $15,000 cost increase over a 10-year period. The Ingerson basketball court and new trail connection was shifted from both projects occurring in 2027 to just trail connections in 2027 at the $100,000. The basketball court will shift to 2033. There will be a $500 cost increase there. Mayor Grant asked if Council wanted to discuss each topic as we go through. Councilmember Monson didn't have any comments on this portion. Councilmember Holden asked if the borings have been done at Arden Manor. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen confirmed. Councilmember Holden said it's flat and there doesn't seem to be any chunks out of it. There are a lot of cracks. She asked if we can crack seal it. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen said the cracks continue to grow. It has been crack sealed. The problem is it is built on peat moss. Councilmember Holden said we need to do the foundation. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen confirmed. Mayor Grant said from an expenditure standpoint, he asked if we want to swap the Arden Manor court and Hazelnut, rather than remove Hazelnut. He thinks Hazelnut gets far more use. Councilmember Holden said it's a whole different contract. If we do the church parking lot, they wouldn't be doing the court. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen was originally going to tie the Hazelnut court to the parking lot. Council direction from the previous conversation was to shift some of the hard courts out. He thought that could be separated out from the parking lot. Councilmember Holden asked if we would save any money if they were done together. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen said typically it would, from a project management standpoint. The contractor is there. That would save on mobilization costs.