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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION – MAY 2, 2015 5 Councilmember Holden stated that the density for multi-family would need to be increased to 45units/acre in order to get a yield of 450 apartment units from 10 acres. Also, by using 19.5 acres for both NT-1 and NT-2 and a housing yield of 9 units per acre for NT-1 (total of 176) and 12 units per acre for NT-2 (total of 234), would equate to a housing unit yield of 860 in the Town neighborhood. The Council was in general agreement with this housing unit yield and mix for the Town. Councilmember Holden noted that the definition, as listed on page 30 of the TRC, for Transition Medium Density needs to be adjusted by deleting the phrase “or multi-family”. The Council concurred with this proposal. The Council discussed the housing yield for the total project being in the 1360 range. This is broken down into the Creek at 149, the Hill at 350, and the Town at 860 (apartments at 450 and Town Transition at 410). It was noted that the maximum densities for these areas and subdistricts would be higher than what was discussed at this work session because the development only yields between 89 and 95 percent of the maximum densities due to parcel sizes and configurations and road alignments. The Council noted that allowing the subdistricts in the Creek and the Hill to move around (provided that the entire neighborhood was platted all at once) should improve the development efficiencies. The Council discussed allowing this flexibility for the Town neighborhood. It was further noted that when it comes to housing yield, some subdistricts, such as for the apartments, could be more efficient than other subdistricts, such as the NB-1 in the Creek. Overall, at 92% efficiency, a maximum density of 1480 would yield approximately 1362 housing units. Mayor Grant asked if the Council wanted to review and discuss any changes to the TRC. Mayor Grant stated that he had concerns with warehousing and allowing a height of 24 feet. Councilmember Holden stated that she was only prepared to discuss the three neighborhoods at this work session. She had not planned to review her Code issues or the “blue” area on the land use map. Councilmember Holmes stated that she did not agree with the definition of warehousing as listed on page 35 of the TRC. She stated that allowing 70% warehousing was too much. Additionally, she stated that the section of the Code (7.6) dealing with the Gateway Overlay District was lame. Councilmember Woodburn suggested that the concerns of the Council may be able to be addressed by not allowing any bulk warehousing. The Council discussed the definition of warehousing and the need for businesses to have a working inventory of materials and finished products. No one on the Council wanted the area to have warehousing as a primary use in TCAAP. Councilmember Holden reviewed, and the Council discussed, the Maxfield Study definitions (on page 121) for office showroom, office warehousing, and bulk warehousing.