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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — JANUARY 12, 2026 2 Blaine for the fall event, or if we want to move forward with two cleanup events in Arden Hills. The same vendor can facilitate both events. Councilmember Holden noted that Council excluded some items at the previous event. She asked if that is still the plan. Deputy Clerk Estling confirmed that household hazardous waste and electronics that contain data storage will not be accepted. Councilmember Weber asked if Staff received any feedback. Deputy Clerk Estling said three residents spoke to her and said they liked having the event in Arden Hills. The vendor also said he received many comments of appreciation. She added that, Staff is working on adding a Buy Nothing/Trash to Treasure event that would be held the weekend prior to the cleanup event in the fall. B. Karth Lake Improvement District Pump Improvements Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen said the proposed pump improvements would include removing the existing retaining wall, installing a manhole structure to house the pump and a culvert to connect to the lake. The memo contains history of the last couple of times that the Karth Lake Improvement District (KLID) was utilized via levy. He is seeking Council direction on moving forward with the pump improvements. He outlined that if we choose not to move forward with the pump improvements the City is still obligated to take care of the failing retaining wall and control the erosion on that slope. If the pump improvements are not completed, the City is obligated to replace the retaining wall, similar to what is out there today. That is how Public Works currently accesses the area to manually deploy the pump. The cost of that would be 100% City cost. He said we would not be able to utilize the watershed cost share that was granted if we don't make the pump improvements. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen has a couple of scenarios if we move forward with the pump improvements, as proposed. These scenarios reflect both of the previous decisions Council has made when applying a levy to the district. Option 1 would require Council determining what the cost split would be between the City and the Improvement District. In the past overhead was not included. It would include levying the as -bid prices. Council would need to determine how many years until the levy must be paid back. There is an error in one of the tables in the attachments that doesn't include all 46 properties. It only shows 43. So the high/low values in the memo will decrease accordingly, when all of the properties are included. He also noted the table in the back is not an assessment roll like we do with street assessments. This district is already established with the County. The Finance Director applies that levy, the County already knows how to distribute the funds. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen said he is seeking Council direction if we should move forward with the pump improvements, as proposed. If yes, what are the terms? Councilmember Weber sought confirmation that the $56,000 grant that was received for the work in the lake was the final grant we could get.