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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — SEPTEMBER 22, 2025 8 Councilmember Weber said that is great news. His understanding was that the County wasn't going to fund that. It will allow the City to avoid the 429 process. Councilmember Monson said the grading will start in 2026 and it will take a construction season of moving dirt before the asphalt can be installed. John Mazzitello confirmed. The Spine Road is about a mile and a half long. Traditional construction in Ramsey County is we can totally reconstruct about a mile a year. Since there is nothing on either side of this road, they believe they can do a mile and a half in a year. Councilmember Monson said this frees up our bonding capacity. The 429 process is a low risk process for the City. This moves us from low -risk to zero risk. John Mazzitello said they are still working through a lot of those variables. He is pretty certain that they can get through them to have earth movement in 2026. It might be late in 2026, but they are working to get to that point. Councilmember Holden said the County has committed to do the PFAS Testing on the property. When will that happen? John Mazzitello said they have a contractor ready to mobilize at the end of September for the PFAS borings. They are just waiting on the approval from the Army. Councilmember Holden said the County committed to a trail on the east side of the property. She asked if that was part of the grading process. John Mazzitello said that is a gray area, depending on who does the grading. The trail is incorporated in the plans for the Spine Road. The contract to build the Spine Road will also build that trail. Mayor Grant wondered if the trail on Rice Creek Commons would be subject to the new cost share policy. John Mazzitello said the trail on the east property line that runs from Highway 96 to Rice Creek Parkway is a Ramsey County Parks and Recreation Regional trail. The City won't pay anything for that. Mayor Grant said there is an effort underway to dredge Round Lake. He knows they want to use a portion of Rice Creek Parkway to do something with the sediment. He assumes that is factored in. John Mazzitello said that is all built into the construction phasing. Their remediation program has to end by October 2027 which the same time the Spine Road will be completed. Councilmember Holden said the Army has moved the location of depositing the sediment from Round Lake to avoid the Spine Road. That won't be an issue. John Mazzitello said it all depends on how construction is phased. They can work with the Army on that.