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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-21-25 PTRC Chair: Dan Dietz (2027) Committee Members: Lacy Loosbrock (2025) Kerri Seemann (2025) Kate Olson (2025) Emelia Rogers (2025) Nancy Jacobson (2025) Elizabeth Johnson (2026) Derek Hilding (2027) Nikhath Nazir Ahmed (2027) Sarah “SJ” Julius (2027) Youth Committee Member: Vacant Council Liaison: Emily Rousseau Staff Liaison: Jess Skalicky Arden Hills Parks, Trails and Recreation Committee October 21, 2025 6:30 pm City Hall 1245 W. Highway 96 Arden Hills, MN 55112 651-792-7800 www.cityofardenhills.org City Vision Arden Hills is a strong community that values its unique environmental setting, strong residential neighborhoods, vital business community, well-maintained infrastructure, fiscal soundness, and our long-standing tradition as a desirable City in which to live, work, and play. Agenda CALL TO ORDER 1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. September 16, 2025 3. REPORTS A. Council Liaison Update B. Parks and Recreation Report C. Trails and Parks Projects Update 4. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 5. NEW BUSINESS 6. REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES A. Rain Gardens Work Group Update B. Natural Habitat Restoration Work Group Update C. Special Event Enrichment Work Group Update D. Volunteer Coordinating Work Group Update E. Trails Work Group Update 7. NEXT MEETING A. Tuesday, November 18, 2025 8. ADJOURNMENT CITY OF ARDEN HILLS PARKS, TRAILS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2025, 6:30 PM ARDEN HILLS CITY HALL CALL MEETING TO ORDER Committee Chair Dan Dietz called the September 16, 2025, meeting of the Parks, Trails, and Recreation Committee to order at 6:30 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT: Dan Dietz, Nancy Jacobson, Kate Olson, Amelia Rogers, Derek Hilding and Liz Johnson OTHERS PRESENT: Parks and Recreation Manager Jess Skalicky ABSENT:. Committee Members Lacy Loosbrock, Kerri Seemann, SJ Julius and Nikhath Nazir Ahmed, and Council Liaison Emily Rousseau 1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. July 15, 2025 PTRC Minutes MOTION: Committee Member Olson moved and Committee Member Johnson seconded a motion to approve the meeting minutes, as written. The motion carried unanimously among members present. 3. REPORT A. Council Liaison Update Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said Council Liaison Rousseau could not make it to today’s meeting but she provided some updates for Staff to share. The State the City Address will be on Saturday, September 20 at 10 am. She encouraged everyone to attend. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said a large portion of the Gateway funding will be used for the City’s 75th Anniversary. The Ice Swim that happened in January 2025 will not happen again in 2026. The funding that had been earmarked for that event has been redirected for the anniversary celebration. She specified that money can only be used for marketing events. She said she designed a logo for the 75th Anniversary that will be used to promote the celebration. Committee Member Johnson clarified that the ice event won’t be happening. Staff confirmed. Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee – September 16, 2025 Page 2 Committee Member Johnson would like to propose the other event will continue to happen. She described it is a walk around the lake with a luminary experience. The residents along the lake make luminaries and a walking trail is on the lake. It’s not an official City event but it is very fun. She wants to make sure residents know that event will continue, despite the ice swim not returning. Any resident can participate, they don’t have to live on the lake. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said this is the first she heard of it, but clarified it takes place in Arden Hills and anyone can be a part of it? Committee Member Olson confirmed. She said the idea of it becoming a City event, has been discussed. Chair Dietz asked what the date is. Committee Member Johnson said there isn’t one yet. It correlated with the Ice Swim last year. It doesn’t need to be connected to another event. Committee Member Rogers said when the organizers of the Ice Swim brought the concept to PTRC it was sold as an annual event that would build every year. It made sense to pair the luminary walk with that event. Committee Member Johnson said it will happen again, regardless of if it’s a City event or not. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky asked if the residents who live on the lake provide and set up the luminaries. Then any residents are welcome to come out for the event? Committee members confirmed. Committee Member Jacobson said there is a Lake Johanna Improvement Society. They were the initial organizers. Some of the neighbors have joined in. Committee Member Johnson said Northwestern has been a great contributor. Committee Member Jacobson said last year it was done in conjunction with the Ice Swim, however prior to that, it was typically held around Valentine’s Day. It would be a terrific City- sponsored event. So much goes into the event. It is so unique. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said we can advertise the event on the website and newsletter. Committee Member Olson said it would be cool if the City can get more involved in this event so it is not just a grass roots effort. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said she can look into what the City can offer. She thinks it sounds like a very cool event. Discussion ensued regarding a few changes that will be made to the 75th Anniversary logo and the dates will be July 14 and 15. Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee – September 16, 2025 Page 3 Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said that Council Liaison Rousseau plans to add a slide regarding the Adopt-A-Park program for the EDC business event presentation. She said this is a networking event for Arden Hills businesses. B. Parks and Recreation Report Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said a youth member was interviewed recently and he was offered the Youth Committee Member position. He is on the consent calendar for the September 22 City Council meeting. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said Bark Bash will be in the afternoon on Saturday at Perry Park. She said it is a chance to hang out with your dog. She is looking for ways to expand this event for next year. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky got preliminary results from the Park Master Plan survey. There were 876 responses. Arden Hills residents made up 90% of the respondents. She noted there are open ended questions. There were 450-500 respondes to the open-ended questions, which is a significant number of people. A survey like this is considered successful with a 4-5% response rate. We got almost 10%. C. Park System Plan Update Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky shared slides from the Park Master Plan Steering Committee meeting. Included in the information are some maps that are in draft form. The maps will show parks, the park classification, the trails, land surface temperatures, distance to a playground and a lot of other information. These maps will help inform the consultants as they are putting together the Park System Plan. The final versions of these maps will be included in the Park System Master Plan. People had some great feedback. The next meeting of the Steering Committee will be in November. Committee Member Olson said she is on the Steering Committee. They made some notes on the maps. For example, a sledding hill was missing. The final versions will be updated with the input the committee gave. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said she got several spreadsheets with data that needs to be updated. There are two full time Park and Rec Staff. We also have 20 seasonals and 8 full time Public Works Staff. This process will let us know if we have enough FTEs to ensure we have as much manpower going into Parks and Rec as other cities our size. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky has a one on one meeting with the Consultant every three weeks. At the last meeting they presented a draft of the actual Park System Plan. There will be a specific page for every park, showing all of the amenities. The plan will list the life span of each amenity along with recommendations on when to replace them and an estimated cost. That will help Council see this isn’t a wish list. These replacements will be scheduled based on industry standards. Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee – September 16, 2025 Page 4 Committee Member Rogers said once the information is compiled, it should inform our website. Simple things like where parking is available vs. the physical address. She thinks this will make it more user friendly for residents. Committee Member Johnson is getting a sense that the trails aren’t priority in the Master Plan. She thinks it feels like the park equipment is more important than how you get there and the connection of the trails. She doesn’t understand how the two things will merge together. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky she said there was an open ended question on the survey, that received 461 responses, that asked if there were areas in Arden Hills where you would like to see better trail connections. The consultants made trails a big part of this. Committee Member Olson said the Steering Committee brought that up and the consultants said those responses will inform the final plan. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said based on the Steering Committee’s feedback, we said we want trails to be a bigger part of it. Committee Member Jacobson said she lives in an area that is locked. There are no trails and just a tiny little park. Trails are very important for residents to get out and experience other parks. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said the survey shows that, based on the number of people who responded to trails questions. Committee Member Johnson said she knows of people who chose not to purchase a home in her neighborhood based on the lack of trail access, specifically bike trail connections. Committee Member Olson said Councilmember Holden pointed out at the Steering Committee Meeting that trails cost a ton of money. She said we have to be mindful of setting realistic goals on how they will be paid for. Committee Member Johnson agrees. She just thinks need to get ahead of development and work with connecting cities as they make improvements. We just need to know what they are doing. PTRC needs to be ahead of the game in development. Discussion ensued about trail projects that have been pushed out due to other projects and there isn’t much we can do when other entities are not focused on planning trails. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky just got the raw data from the Park System Plan results today. She will have updated information for the next meeting. Committee Member Jacobson asked when the plan will be complete. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said it will be next year. She pointed to the outline in the packet. The final City Council approval is anticipated to be in April of 2026. Chair Deitz pointed out that there is a section that outlines residential areas without park access. It isn’t clear if that means they can’t walk to a park or that the area isn’t connected by a trail. Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee – September 16, 2025 Page 5 Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said that portion is color coded based on how far away someone is from a park. She outlined what the colors mean. Discussion ensued that it is outlining how long it would take to walk down the street to a park. It didn’t appear to incorporate the trails. These maps incorporate estimated walking times and that some access is limited in the winter, if the trails aren’t maintained. Committee Member Rogers asked why the trails map is the only one that includes the proposed trails. Every other map show what currently exists. She doesn’t understand why we can’t have a map that just shows what exists. Having the proposed trails on the map is confusing. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said Arden Hills current contract with Bolton and Menk includes creating a new map that just shows existing trails. The current version is not great. Discussion ensued regarding the current version of the trails map. The map is hard to read and most of the proposed trails have been on the map for years, with no plans to build them at this time. The map that gets distributed should be existing trails only and the one showing proposed should be used for planning future trails. Committee Member Olson said the proposed map is a good way to encourage new residents to choose Arden Hills. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said trails cost $1 million per mile. Committee Member Johnson said it shouldn’t show as a “proposed” trail when there isn’t a current plan to build it. Some of them aren’t even possible. Discussion ensued and the committee agreed that the map showing proposed trails should not be the version that is printed in the activity guide. Chair Dietz said he has a map from 2010 and some of those proposed trails have been built so there has been progress. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said there has not been anyone in her position for a few years so the data on what trails have been done may need to be organized better. D. Trails and Parks Projects Update Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky stated that Assistant Public Works Director Miller has been out of the office. He usually does this update and because of his absence, there haven’t been many updates. She said the items on the list that are in a bold font are new. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said that Ramsey County is presenting information to Council. She outlined the time line for the Lake Johanna Boulevard Trail with construction being in 2029. Discussion ensued regarding the project will move forward as planned, unless Ramsey changes it or we don’t have funding. Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee – September 16, 2025 Page 6 Committee Member Olson said she has been by Freeway Park and Arden Oaks Park and they both look great. They just need to add grass. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky updated that the Arden Oaks Park is complete after a manufacturing error with the original structure delivery. Discussion ensued about the new equipment and the amenities at the parks. Committee Member Olson asked if we have taken back Lindy’s Park from the County. Last time she checked the County still owned it but hadn’t cleaned up the park to the satisfaction of the City to take it back. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky wasn’t aware that Lindy’s wasn’t our park. She will look into it and report back. Committee Members shared the history of why the County has it. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said there is a space in Arden Hills called Chatham Trails Open Space. It’s not a park so it’s not on the parks list and it hadn’t been included in the Park System Plan. She is going to ensure that it will be included, moving forward. Committee Member Olson said she never noticed it but she would compare it to Crepeau. There is no sign or anything. Committee Member Rogers asked if Lindy’s is on the Park Master List and wondered if it will show the vision for that space in the future. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky confirmed Lindy’s is on the list. She said it will outline the condition of each park, recommendation on when assets should be replaced and steps for maintaining it, as it is. Within that, there might be some visioning, but it won’t be a big part of it. 4. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Chair Dietz asked if there was any unfinished business to discuss. Committee Member Hilding said there was previous discussion about buckthorn removal at Cummings Park. He wondered if there is a path forward for that. Chair Dietz said it was left unresolved because she had some plants that she wanted to plant there. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said she received an email from Committee Member Seemann on her very first day of work asking for permission to plant in Cummings, before she presented it to the PTRC. She was new in her position and didn’t know how the role of the PTRC may differ than from the former PTRC she worked with. She asked Recreation Supervisor Johnson. He said Committee Member Seeman would need to come to the PTRC to get permission to plant in Cummings. That item was on the May agenda but we didn’t get to discuss that. June was the parks tour. July was the first PTRC meeting with Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky as Staff Liaison. Committee Member Seemann submitted the same agenda item from May. The Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee – September 16, 2025 Page 7 request was to get permission for the PTRC to complete this planting. By that time Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky understood that is not the role of the PTRC. She asked Staff about it and she was told if any committee member wanted to do something it must be part of the work plan. She misunderstood and misspoke at the July meeting. She was saying that planting plan had to be part of the Parks Maintenance Plan. It needs to be part of the PTRC Work Plan. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said, having clarified the process, Committee Member Seeman has been working with Public Works Superintendent Frid to do the work she wants to do at Cummings. It probably won’t happen this year, but it is still a project we want to do. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said everything she said about Adopt-a-Park is still relevant, in that it will give Committee Member Seemann a more systematic framework to be able to complete these projects. There needs to be planning with Staff to make them happen. Chair Dietz said it has to fit into the City’s plan. You can’t just plant somewhere if the City’s plan is to mow or burn that area. The PTRC is here to make recommendations. This planting project has been on the agenda two times and we haven’t gotten to it because we are so busy. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said at one point Committee Member Seemann was spraying herbicides in City parks. Someone asked the City Attorney if we are allowed to do that due to liability. The City Attorney’s opinion was that she was not allowed to spray restricted chemicals but also can’t use chemicals available to the public at retail stores. She cited several laws. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky read the referenced laws and crafted a letter to the City Attorney stating why she thought the interpretation was wrong. The City Attorney agreed with her and Committee Member Seemann is allowed to spray herbicides that are available at a retail store and that don’t require an application certification. Committee Member Rogers said there are groups at other parks who plant things. They plant flowers. Why was permission needed in this case? Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said it may be because of the areas she is doing the work. There may be conflicting ideas about what is happening in those areas. Discussion ensued that the flowers are being planted in flower beds and what Committee Member Seemann is doing is natural and woodsy areas, that aren’t specifically intended for planting. They also discussed that many of the planting projects don’t require City resources. Many of the projects that Committee Member Seeman is spearheading need to be coordinated with City Staff. Committee Member Hilding said it is confusing. Who gets to decide what happens? PTRC might think something is important but another group or Staff may not see it as a priority. Committee Member Olson said that at Lindy’s Park there was a beautiful planting garden near the sign. The County ripped that up during their project. She asked if the County intended to replace the garden and she was told no. As a resident she wants to figure out how to make that look pretty again. Committee Member Johnson said Ramsey County should have to put that back. She thinks this is a lesson for Arden Hills. We need a process and documentation for everything. If there is a garden planted, we should note who did it, when, how it was done and how much it cost. Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee – September 16, 2025 Page 8 Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said it would be helpful to have those things. Chair Dietz said there is a lot of communication between the volunteer group working at Floral Park and Public Works Superintendent Frid. He shared a plan with Staff for planting and upgrading gardens in Floral Park. We don’t want to turn any volunteers away, but it’s good for the groups to provide a plan. 5. NEW BUSINESS A. 2026 Tree Trust Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said we will be participating in the Tree Trust next year. We will have 75 trees. This event is confirmed and will happen in 2026. Committee Member Johnson said it was helpful to have the information on what different cities are doing. Committee Member Jacobson asked if the Council agreed to fund the event. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky confirmed. Committee Member Jacobson said she attended a few different events and they really emphasize the use of trees in landscape for pollinators. Trees are the first things to bloom. There are a lot of benefits to planting trees, and she thought that was one you don’t hear about often. 6. REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES A. Rain Gardens Work Group Updates Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky asked if there is a list of rain gardens that exist in the City, outside of the GIS map. Committee Member Jacobson said she and Committee Member Johnson compiled an inventory of the entire City. They drove every road. That information was provided to Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen. He said he would enter the information. There are six large rain gardens in her neighborhood. They were a mess and were completely cleared out. They will be replanted in the spring of 2026. That is a City project. Two of the longest rain gardens are along the college boulevard. The college is willing and has students who maintain that boulevard. They don’t know what to do. If there were a maintenance plan for them to implement, those rain gardens will be maintained by those students. The rain gardens take in a lot of water. Committee Member Johnson said the main thing she learned about rain gardens is that once they are replanted, we need to make sure there is a maintenance schedule and a plan to complete that maintenance. Committee Member Jacobson said southern Arden Hills is older and there are a lot of rain gardens. The neighborhoods to the north were built with basins and people didn’t have rain gardens. Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee – September 16, 2025 Page 9 Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said the rain gardens have not been kept up in the past. The inventory is helpful. She would like to start working on a plan so these rain gardens are maintained regularly. Committee Member Johnson said that Staff said it’s on the cycle of road improvements. Whenever there is a road improvement, that’s the rain garden schedule. Committee Member Jacobson confirmed. The one in her neighborhood is being done because they are resurfacing the road. Staff looks ahead to the next neighborhood to will be done and determine what the needs are. B. Natural Habitat Restoration Work Group Update None. C. Special Event Enrichment Work Group Update Committee Member Olson said she received photos of the two raffle winners for the Parks Passport program. The program had low participation but the residents who did participate were very excited about it. Committee Member Olson said a special event that Committee Member Seemann hopes to have is an Earth Day event in 2026. Committee Member Rogers said the challenge becomes weather. Committee Member Olson agreed. It’s hard to plan an outdoor, free, community-oriented event in April. Committee Member Rogers said when there is good communication and a plan, we can find people who want to help. The barrier of having no budget and little direction is tricky. D. Volunteer Coordinating Work Group Update Chair Dietz said the Rotary is busy at Floral Park. They have some high school kids volunteering and they get a lot of work done. They started with trying to do Tuesdays and Saturdays, but with the weather and the smoke this year they’ve been hitting about 50% of those Tuesdays and Saturdays. Committee Member Jacobson asked what work they are doing. Chair Dietz said they are working on the gardens. They are weeding and thinning the vegetation along the trails. They are removing invasive species. The City drops off wood chips and the volunteers spread them on the trails. They are maintaining the borders around the gardens. There is clean up and replanting near the entrance sign. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said she will bring an item to City Council at the next meeting seeking approval to officially name the gardens there “Mullin Gardens”. Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee – September 16, 2025 Page 10 Committee Member Jacobson asked the location of Mullin Gardens. Chair Dietz said it is near the playground, near the front entrance. There are three big garden mounds. We plan to plant some flowers, that he helped develop, into this garden. Committee Member Rogers said that is an example of having a plan. Something like that could work at Lindy’s Park. We aren’t asking for City funding for those flowers. E. Trails Work Group Update Committee Member Hilding said this subcommittee has a meeting next week to discuss trails. There was a walk around, in August. Committee Member Johnson said Rich Straumann walked her around in Rice Creek Common and shared the vision for that area. She was introduced to the AARP Sidewalks, Streets and Crossings audit. It looks at a City’s streets and trails. It is a great way to gather data. She believes the more data we have, the more powerful we can become. If we know all the conditions of all of the trails, that can be reported back to help understand what improvement costs will be. She would love to discuss the best way to gather this information during the subcommittee meeting and brainstorm how to share it with the Parks Master Plan, the cities around us and Council. Committee Member Olson said she had a comment that was on a different topic. She said there is a process with development that they either have to donate money or they have to plant trees. If you plant a tree, she asked if survival was a requirement. She learned that someone needs to ensure that tree survives for 2 or 3 years. She emailed Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen because she has walked by the senior living development and a lot of the newer trees are dying. She is trying to get an answer. Committee Member Jacobson said typically when they plant trees, there is a guarantee. Whoever installed the landscaping should be able to replace it. Committee Member Olson said she asked Staff who is monitoring that to make sure the required amount of trees are not only planted, but that they survive. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said City Code states that if a tree replacement on a lot is not practical, the developer must pay the landscaping fee. In that same section there may be some language about how long it has to survive. She agreed there should be a guarantee on the tree’s survival. It would be up to the entity who approved planting the trees to request replacements. Discussion ensued regarding how many trees were removed for that development and that the developer elected to do a combination of planting and paying rather than meet minimum tree guidelines. Committee Member Olson will take some pictures and forward them to Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky, along with the email she sent to Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen. Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee – September 16, 2025 Page 11 Committee Member Johnson said they should have to replace the trees. She said builder’s costs are high. As we talk about this, she wants to make sure we’re balancing both sides. As we start to think about Rice Creek Commons, we’re trying to figure out affordability and density. She shared about another city that was sued because of a tree tax. There are a couple of other cities in the same situation. Arden Hills just needs to balance those things. Committee Member Jacobson repeated that typically trees are planted with a guarantee, regardless of what the City requires. The committee agreed it is a balancing act to keep in mind. Parks and Recreation Supervisor Skalicky said the City Council approved the purchase of a tree to be planted in memory of Melissa and Mark Hortman. There will be a plaque that will be funded by a donor. Committee Member Hilding said there is a program where people can sponsor or memorialize loved ones on a park bench. He wondered if there was a similar program for planting a tree. Parks and Recreation Supervisor Skalicky said there isn’t currently, but that is a vision for the future. The sponsorship policy and the application have been approved. There are a couple of missing marketing pieces. The sponsorship program is open for applications. Committee Member Rogers asked what the sponsorships are for. Parks and Recreation Supervisor Skalicky said she doesn’t have one specific thing in mind. The Sponsorship Policy was born because another Commission was asking for donations. The City is not allowed to solicit donations. However, we can encourage businesses to sponsor events. Committee Member Olson said sharing the sponsorship program at the EDC Business Event may be a good way to encourage participation. 6. NEXT MEETING A. Tuesday, October 21, 2025 ADJOURNMENT Chair Dietz adjourned at 7:56 pm. REPORTS – 3C Page 1 of 3 MEMO.doc MEMORANDUM DATE: October 21, 2025 TO: Parks, Trails and Recreation Committee FROM: Lucas J. Miller, Assistant Public Works Director SUBJECT: Trail and Parks Projects Update Previously Discussed Items: • County Rd D Trail connection o The City of Roseville is coordinating with Ramsey County to construct a new trail segment along the south side of County Rd D from Cleveland Ave to Lake Johanna Blvd with anticipated construction in 2026. • Hamline Avenue Trail connection with Roseville – Lake Josephine o Arden Hills staff is coordinating trail improvements with the City of Roseville for a trail connection along the west side of Lake Josephine with anticipated construction in 2026.  An open house event took place on May 1, 2025, at Autumn Grove Park hosted by the City of Roseville. It was well attended and provided great feedback from the community. • County Rd E Trail connection o City staff is coordinating with Ramsey County to construct a new trail segment along the south side of County Rd E from the Elmer Anderson Trail to Lake Johanna. This project is postponed and no longer going to be completed in 2026 per Ramsey County. It is being proposed to be combined with the LJB Trail in 2028. • Council has negotiated with a private developer as part of the PUD for the site for a trail to be added along the west side of Snelling Ave from Highway 96 all the way down to Royal Hills Park. This work is likely to take place in 2026 if everything falls into place. This trail will be owned and maintained by the City once completed. Currently, the Developer is going through the Permitting Phase, and after that is completed, the City will start the Design phase for the trail with a consulting firm. • Arden Manor Park Hardcourt Construction – City staff has applied for the DNR Outdoor Recreation Grant Program to pursue funding for this project. The project was not awarded any funding. Council direction is to continue to pursue grant funding to fund the project. Staff reached out to CDBG representatives requesting the status of the program for 2025 which they responded that the CDBG Solicitation is postponed until a federal budget is passed. Page 2 of 3 • Staff will be working with a consultant to implement Hardcourt Improvements within Hazelnut Park. • Hazelnut Parking Lot Status Update: Cost-share and maintenance responsibility negotiations continue with the Church representatives. The City has the parking lot resurfacing project budgeted for construction in 2025. Actual timing is dependent on Agreement renewal. New/Updated Items: • MN-51 Trail Improvements o City staff is coordinating with MnDOT to construct a new trail segment along the west side MN-51 (Snelling Ave.) from Lydia Ave in Roseville to connect to the existing trail on Old Snelling Ave with anticipated construction in 2026. o There is an in-person open house that hopefully most of PTRC Members can attend: Thu, Oct. 23 from 3-7 p.m at Centennial United Methodist Church (1524 Co. Rd. C2 West, Roseville). • Old Highway 10 Trail, City staff is working with a consultant to pursue grants and state bonding funds. Estimated project cost is now projected to be $4.5 million. o Met Council Regional Solicitation – SRTS: $1,000,000 (City was awarded this grant) o MnDOT – SRTS: $1,000,000 (City was awarded this grant) o State GO Bond funds: $1,650,000 (pursuing but stuck at the state level) o Ramsey County contribution: $1,227,500 o Remainder to be paid through Municipal State Aid and PIR Funds Council has directed Staff to have the Consultant finish the design documents over this summer and then bidding the project next winter for construction in 2027 (pushed back from 2026 to 2027 due to potential cost share policies being updated for trail project that would benefit the City). • Proposed Lake Johanna Blvd Trail o Lake Johanna Blvd Trail Preliminary Design Report was completed by Ramsey County on October 2022. o City Council adopted resolution 2023-023 which is the local match commitment of $2 million for the project (Total project cost estimated $9.5 million). o Ramsey County presented in November 2023 about the project corridor with City Council. o Ramsey County applied for the Met Council Regional Solicitation “Multiuse Trails and Bicycle Facilities” grant for $5,500,000 in 2023/2024. The project did not score well in its category but funding is still being pursued. o Within Ramsey County’s Transportation Improvement Plan they have scheduled the following timeline:  Ramsey County presented information to Council in September which stated they are budgeting for the project to be completed in three different sections of the trail along Lake Johanna Blvd. over three separate years.  RFP for Planning/Design contract: 2026  Planning/Design Phase: staggered 2026, 2027 and 2028 Page 3 of 3  Construction: 2029 for the west segment, 2030 for the east segment and 2031 for the middle segment. • The 2025 Parks Project (Arden Oaks Park & Freeway Park), are substantially completed except: o Final restoration at both parks in green space