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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL – JANUARY 25, 2016 7 11. COUNCIL COMMENTS Mayor Grant congratulated and welcomed Councilmember Wicklund to the City Council. Councilmember Wicklund stated that he is looking forward to working with the City Council and indicated that he will be getting up to speed on TCAAP in the near future. Councilmember McClung welcomed Councilmember Wicklund to the Council and looked forward to working with him. Councilmember Holmes explained that on Saturday, January 30th from 8:45 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. there would be a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Goodwill Store. She asked if any local officials would be in attendance and noted that she would be in attendance. Mayor Grant reported that he would be attending the ribbon cutting ceremony. He commented that Commissioner Huffman would also be in attendance. Councilmember Holden indicated that the JDA would be discussing the makeup of the TCAAP Solicitation Review Committee. She explained that the proposed list was quite extensive. She was interested in having the group be limited to people that were part of the original process. Councilmember McClung stated that he too was troubled by the expansive size of the review committee. He preferred that the committee be more contained as was suggested by Councilmember Holden. Councilmember Holden asked if the City could have a red arrow turned on at Red Fox Road. Acting Public Works Director Anderson indicated that he would speak with the County regarding this matter. Mayor Grant commented that the JDA was putting together a review committee. He expressed concern with the lack of criteria with which the group would rate the solicitors. He stated that he would be advocating for specific criteria, one of which would be that TCAAP develops in accordance with the City’s Comprehensive Plan. He thought that the County was setting an aggressive schedule for the Master Developer Solicitation process, but believed that a list of specific criteria would greatly aid in this process. Mayor Grant encouraged the entire Council to attend the next JDA meeting on Monday, February 1st at 5:30 p.m. Councilmember McClung indicated that the Ramsey County League of Local Government would be gathering next on Thursday, February 25th at the North St. Paul City Hall. Councilmember Holmes encouraged the Council to find an individual that could serve as the City’s Beyond the Yellow Ribbon representative.