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lt <br /> WREN HILLS <br /> Approved: February 10, 2014 <br /> CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br /> SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING <br /> JANUARY 13,2014 <br /> 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 special City <br /> Council work session at 9:13 p.m. <br /> Present: Mayor David Grant; Councilmembers Brenda Holden, Fran Holmes, Dave <br /> McClung, and Ed Werner <br /> Absent: None <br /> Also present: City Administrator Patrick Klaers; Community Development Director Jill <br /> Hutmacher; Associate Planner Matthew Bachler; City Planner Ryan Streff; and City Clerk <br /> Amy Died <br /> 1. AGENDA ITEMS <br /> A. Multi-Family Design Standards <br /> I <br /> Associate Planner Bachler reported that the multi-family dwelling design standards were <br /> approved by the Council in September of 2012. Included in these standards are requirements for <br /> minimum unit sizes. At the Council work session on January 22, 2013,the Council requested that <br /> staff review the City's minimum unit size standards for multi-family dwelling units. Currently, <br /> the standards require multi-family dwelling units to be a minimum of 600 square feet, with an <br /> additional 100 square feet required for each bedroom. The Council expressed concern that the <br /> standards could permit multi-bedroom units that do not provide adequate floor area per resident. <br /> Associate Planner Bachler explained that staff has collected information from seven cities in the <br /> metro region that have adopted similar minimum unit size standards for multi-family dwelling <br /> units. The cities include New Brighton, Blaine, White Bear Lake, Maplewood, Fridley, Coon <br /> Rapids and Bloomington. An analysis was completed comparing the average square footage <br /> required per unit in these cities with Arden Hills' standards. Staff also looked at ten multi-family <br /> development projects that have been recently completed or that are under construction in outer- <br /> ring suburban communities to evaluate the average sizes currently being built. He reviewed the <br /> location of these projects and provided the Council with a summary on the data collected from <br /> these projects, along with the minimum size standards for the dwelling units. <br />