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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—JANUARY 26, 2015 2 • See how the neighborhoods meet the City's and County's shared vision; • Offer the market a more complete view of the TRC; and • Add financial perspective for the TRC and County marketing efforts through a market study. Community Development Director Hutmacher commented that work on the fit study is expected to take approximately 60 days following the City Council's completion of work on the TRC. Ramsey County has offered to pay for this study. A revised meeting and approval schedule will be compiled. Community Development Director Hutmacher reviewed the upcoming meeting schedule and noted that the Council would be meeting on the following dates: January 26, 2015, Special Work Session at 5:30 pm, Community Room • Final Review Chapters 1-2 (Introduction, Components of the Code) • Review Land Use Map February 2, 2015, Special Work Session at 6:30 pm(following JDA meeting), Council Chambers • Final Gateway Planning Workshop o Presentation of Final Draft of TCAAP Redevelopment Code(TRC) Staff explained that additional regular and special work sessions will be scheduled to discuss the infrastructure study and other TCAAP issues. Mayor Grant asked if a consulting firm has been hired for the tit test. Community Development Director Hutmacher stated that she did not believe that had been done yet. Councilmember Holden asked how long the fit study would take to complete and questioned if the Council would be a partner in this initiative and be allowed to review the information. Community Development Director Hutmacher stated that she understood that the City would be a partner in the study. She explained that the County wanted the City to review the fit test results prior to approving the TRC. She anticipated that the information would be provided to the Council in a timely manner in order to keep the TRC approval process moving forward. Councilmember Holmes asked if the Council would have a 60 day hiatus of work sessions in order to wait for the fit test results. Community Development Director Hutmacher stated that staff would be meeting with the County to discuss this matter further and when information was available, it would be forwarded to the City Council. She anticipated that work sessions would still be held to allow the Council to further discuss and review the TRC and other TCAAP-related items.