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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION – AUGUST 25, 2014 2 <br /> <br />Jamnik Jamnik, City Attorney, explained that the JDA would be working to implement the <br />vision of the City based on the Council’s approval of the Master Plan and land use plan for the <br />TCAAP site. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden indicated that the City would have no involvement with the <br />development of the site unless the Master Plan or land use plan needed amendments. <br /> <br />Mr. Jamnik reported that this was the case. He explained that the City would make all of the <br />policy decisions, while the JDA would be responsible for the development. <br /> <br />Further discussion took place regarding how changes could be made to the Master Plan by the <br />City Council. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden questioned how the City and County would handle a development that <br />comes in requesting more than the 10% flexibility standard. She wanted to see future <br />developments follow the City’s guidelines. <br /> <br />Michael Norton, JDA Attorney, reported that staff was still working to resolve this issue. <br /> <br />Mayor Grant believed that density was an issue outside of the 10% standard. <br /> <br />Mr. Norton stated that this was the case. <br /> <br />Councilmember McClung wanted to make sure that the lines were defined and clear so that <br />staff, the County and future developers understand which decisions the JDA is allowed to make. <br /> <br />Councilmember Werner believed it would be difficult to draw the lines. <br /> <br />Mr. Jamnik encouraged the Council to be as clear as possible on as many of the situations as <br />possible. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden questioned how future redevelopment or building expansions would be <br />addressed and asked if the JDA would be involved. <br /> <br />Mr. Jamnik stated that if an addition or expansion was consistent with the regulations, it could <br />proceed with a normal application through the JDA process. <br /> <br />Councilmember McClung reported that the JDA would go away after the last piece of land on <br />TCAAP was sold. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holmes believed it would be confusing to have two different sets of zoning <br />codes for the City after TCAAP was fully developed. She suggested that the codes be made as <br />similar as possible. <br /> <br />Mr. Norton believed that this could be accomplished in 20 or 30 years after full build-out of <br />TCAAP. <br />