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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION – NOVEMBER 3, 2014 5 Mayor Grant thanked the representatives for their input. He then turned the Council’s conversation to the residential vision; the wants and needs for the Hill and the Creek. Councilmember Holmes liked the idea of starting with higher density near the Town Center then moving towards less density as the site approaches AHATS. She did not like the idea of the Creek neighborhood being more expensive than the Hill. She believed there should be two or three designs in the Creek and three or four in the Hill. Mayor Grant thought the Hill and the Creek would have four different housing types, with large and small lots. He anticipated that 15% would be cottage homes or manor homes within the Creek neighborhood. The remaining 85% would be larger single-family homes. Within the Creek, he saw the outer ring as nicer or larger homes and then within the site, a variety of homes could be built. In the Hill neighborhood he would have 20% cottage homes and 80% single family homes. He was in favor of the fanning out concept with housing variety. Councilmember Holden asked how much of the Creek and Hill neighborhoods were buildable land. Public Works Director Maurer anticipated that less than 15% of the land would be needed for roads and the remainder of the acreage would be used for houses. Mayor Grant recommended that the two neighborhoods (Creek and Hill) end up at about 430 units. Councilmember Holmes stated that she supported some small multifamily use in the Hill and Creek neighborhoods, and that the City needs to be flexible in laying out the residential developments. Councilmember McClung supported flexibility. He agreed with higher density in the west and lower density in the east in the Creek neighborhood. He supported some townhomes and small multifamily development in the Hill neighborhood. Councilmember Werner supported townhomes on the west side and single family lots on the east side in both neighborhoods. Councilmember Holden wanted to see all single family detached homes in the Creek neighborhood. She supported some high quality townhomes on the east side of the Hill neighborhood along with some nice town or twin homes, along the water feature. Community Development Director Hutmacher stated if the Council wanted to see a change in placement of land uses between the approved Master Plan Land Use Map and the Future Comprehensive Land Use Map, then Council input is needed. Councilmember Holden understood that the retail size would change and she believed the Council did not have enough information about the water feature in order to provide further comment on the residential areas.