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M� <br />-ARDEN HILLS <br />Approved: January 12, 2026 <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />DECEMBER 8, 2025 <br />5:30 P.M. - ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS <br />CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Grant called to order the City Council <br />Work Session at 5:30 p.m. <br />Present: Mayor David Grant; Councilmembers Brenda Holden, Tena Monson, <br />Emily Rousseau and Kurt Weber <br />Absent: None <br />Also present: City Administrator Jessica Jagoe, Public Works Director/City Engineer <br />David Swearingen, Finance Director Joua Yang, Parks and Recreation Manager Jess <br />Skalicky and Assistant to the City Administrator/City Clerk Julie Hanson <br />1. PUBLIC INQUIRIES/INFORMATIONAL <br />Greg Larson — 3377 North Snelling Avenue, stated he wanted to talk about the Karth <br />Lake Improvement PMP Project. He said he heard there is a need to replace the pump and <br />control cabinet and repair an adjacent retaining wall on Karth Lake with an estimated cost <br />of $112,000. A watershed district grant will fund half of the cost but the remaining <br />$56,000 is unfunded. Many years ago, the initial $99,000 cost of the pump installation was <br />divided equally between the City and a Karth Lake Improvement District levy on lake <br />shore owners. The Staff memo notes there is no prescribed allocation of cost between the <br />City and the Improvement District. It further notes that the City Attorney characterized <br />these projects as primarily benefiting properties that abut the lake. He does not believe the <br />City financially supports any needs associated with other Arden Hills lakes or their lake <br />shore associations. Karth Lake is a private lake. There is no park or a landing with a <br />broader public benefit that might suggest City financial support for a capital improvement. <br />Karth Lake shore landowners levy should fund the remaining $56,000 balance. If there is <br />an immediate need, the Arden Hills surface water management utility fund should only <br />fund that amount if it is repaid with any interest due, by the Karth Lake Improvement <br />District. The City should not be in the business of subsidizing lake improvements that <br />benefit abutting properties on the lake and not exclusively on one lake, unless it wants to <br />support capital for the other Arden Hills lakes as well. <br />