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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION—MARCH 17, 2014 8 Ms. Kvilvang stated that the City may want to receive property taxes sooner rather than later. She noted that the County did not feel it was necessary to provide TIF to attract future businesses to this site. Councilmember Holden asked if all private utilities would be buried on TCAAP. Public Works Director Maurer stated that this was the case. Director of Finance and Administrative Services Iverson reviewed the 2013 and 2014 TCAAP h the Council. She recommended a separate capital account be created for TCAAP budgets with p g p capital expenditures with budget amendments made effective for 2013 and 2014. This would allow the City to track capital expenses for all projects and studies for TCAAP. In addition, this would ensure the expenditures would not distort the General Fund. Councilmember Holden questioned how staff time would be billed. Director of Finance and Administrative Services Iverson explained how staff time would be billed back for the TCAAP project. The Council supported the budget adjustment as recommended by staff. Public Works Director Maurer commented that he would be meeting with the PTRC on March 18, 2014, to discuss a park analysis. He reported that the planners were good in addressing the number of ball fields needed on TCAAP; however, the space identified for the fields and other amenities is too small based on staffs analysis. He will discuss this matter further with the PTRC and a report will be provided to the Council at a future meeting. B. 2014 Joint City Council and Planning Commission Meeting City Planner Streff stated that the City Council is being asked to provide input and feedback on the Planning Commission's draft 2014 Work Plan. In addition, this meeting is intended to be an open dialog and an opportunity to discuss other planning-related items. The City Council may provide feedback to the Planning Commission on their role, ask questions and discuss items of concern. The Planning Commission may provide input to the City Council on important planning items they see in the community and bring up topics of interest or concern. City Planner Streff reported that the Planning Commission differs from the City's other committees and commissions in that the purpose and scope of the Commission's work is largely determined by State Statute. The majority of the Planning Commission Work Plan is dedicated to continuing the work of evaluating and providing recommendations on land use applications, zoning code amendments, and other planning-related items that come before the City. Vice Chair Thompson reviewed the Planning Commission Work Plan in detail with the Council. She commented that the City was hoping to recruit another Commission member in 2014. Commissioner Holewa stated that the Commission would like to see the Sign Code more closely aligned to those of neighboring communities. He believed that the most common requests