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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — SEPTEMBER 22, 2025 3 Councilmember Weber said his understanding is it is 50150. John Mazzitello said it is 50150 for trail projects. He outlined that other line items have a different percentage split on them. Councilmember Weber said it is just happenstance then. There are other items involved in this project. The drainage under the driveways and other drainage items. A sidewalk or board walk is different than a trail. There are other items that aren't 50%. John Mazzitello said the County would break the project out by line items according to the cost participation policy. Councilmember Weber asked if they have done that, to get to the 50. John Mazzitello said the City is putting together the plans. The majority of this project is a trail. It may wind up 51 /49. Councilmember Weber thanked him for the clarification. John Mazzitello said what you see in the TIP document is an estimate. He uses that for budgeting fund balances and all the other pots of money he uses to piece together this puzzle. When it comes to a trail project, he uses 50150 for Fund Balance purposes. The actual numbers come in with the bid. Mayor Grant said we are in the middle of the budgeting process right now. There are two different $1 million grants for the Old Highway 10 Trail. Councilmember Monson said the question is if we want to push this to 2027, in the hopes a new policy would be in place. Considering it hasn't been defined and that it hasn't gone before the County Commissioners for approval, this feels high risk. She wondered if both of the $1 million grants could go towards construction in 2027. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen said he confirmed both grants can go to 2027. Councilmember Monson doesn't like the idea of delaying it. We've been working on this for so long and there is no guarantee we'll get there. Mayor Grant said an increase of cost share with the County is something we should strongly consider. Councilmember Weber has a letter that is signed by all the engineers in Hennepin County, sent to the County Engineer, requesting this action. Hennepin is a different county and have a different board. The cities in Hennepin County feel that the County should take a greater responsibility in these types of projects, particularly on trails and maintenance of those trails. He asked if Ramsey is aware of this letter and asked if this is a response to that. John Mazzitello is aware of this letter and he is aware of the City Engineer's Association lobbying the State Legislature to do away with cost participation policies, altogether. This has