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<br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br />~~HILLS <br /> <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 2005, 4:50 P.M. <br />CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 1245 WEST HIGHWAY 96 <br /> <br />Call To Order <br /> <br />Mayor Aplikowski called the meeting to order at 4:50 PM. <br /> <br />Present: Mayor Aplikowski, Councilmembers: David Grant, Brenda Holden, Gregg Larson, <br />Lois Rem <br /> <br />Absent; None <br /> <br />Staff present; Community Development Director, Scott Clark; Operations and Maintenance <br />Director, Tom Moore; City Planner, Peter Hellegers; City Engineer, Greg Brown; Assistant to <br />the City Administrator, Schawn Johnson <br /> <br />Consultant: Kathy Ryan, URS <br /> <br />CSAH 96 Landscapilll! Concept Plan <br />City Engineer Greg Brown provided a brief overview to the City Council of tbe proposed <br />landscaping improvements along CSAH 96. Kathy Ryan, URS Consultant, has prepared two <br />alternative landscaping plans for the City Council to consider. Both plans include Green Ash, <br />White Ash, Red Oak, and Swamp White Oak trees as the tree materials that will be planted in the <br />median. The number of trees is similar in both of the proposed alternatives, with a portion of the <br />cost being covered by Ramsey County. <br /> <br />Kathy Ryan noted that landscaping alternative one consists of plantings that are linear in <br />character and spread out evenly across the corridor area. The preliminary cost estimate for <br />landscaping alternative one includes $115,000 in Ramsey County funding and $190,000 in City <br />funding. The final cost for alternative one could be reduced if the City Council decided to <br />eliminate three or four of the planting beds along the CSAH 96 corridor. <br /> <br />Alternative two involves three larger perennial planting areas along each side of the intersection. <br />The preliminary cost for alternative two is $115,000 in Ramsey County funding and $170,000 in <br />City expenses. <br /> <br />Both alternatives would involve some maintenance costs. The estimated cost for maintaining the <br />landscaping in the boulevard area is roughly $30,000 per year. If an irrigation system was <br />installed along the CSAH 96 corridor, the estimated cost for this improvement would be <br />approximately $200,000. <br /> <br />I <br />