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'It <br />,-ARQEN HILLS <br />Approved: January 12, 2026 <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />NOVEMBER 24, 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, Community Development Director Jake <br />Reilly and Assistant to the City Administrator/City Clerk Julie Hanson <br />1. PUBLIC INQUIRIES/INFORMATIONAL <br />Joel Gerrick — 1241 Nursery Hill Lane stated he is the chair of the Karth Lake Improvement <br />District Board. He knows the 2026 PMP will include the Karth Lake neighborhood. He would <br />like to address the pump system improvements. He thinks 50% of the projected cost of $112,000 <br />will be covered by the Rice Creek Watershed District grant. The other 50% is yet to be <br />determined. He wanted to remind Council why the improvements are needed and who they <br />benefit. The project will help improve water quality for the Karth Lake watershed which extends <br />well beyond the lakeshore properties. Karth Lake is a drainage ditch. There is no natural drainage <br />and without pumping the lake would overflow. The new pump would also reduce the maintenance <br />burden for the city. Currently the pump must be manually checked and manually turned on and <br />off as it cycles through the lake level management protocol established with the DNR. Karth Lake <br />is difficult to access and each trip by the Public Works team must be planned. With the new <br />system, the pump only needs to be placed and removed one time per year, and routine monitoring <br />and control will be done remotely. <br />2. RESPONSE TO PUBLIC INQUIRIES <br />None. <br />3. AGENDA ITEMS <br />