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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION – OCTOBER 10, 2016 2 <br /> <br />Senior Planner Bachler reviewed the redlined updated TRC document and the new map in detail <br />with the Council. <br /> <br />Further discussion ensued regarding the proper mix of office and ancillary retail space within the <br />Town Center. <br /> <br />Mayor Grant commented on how much office space had been lost and asked if this was what the <br />Council wanted. <br /> <br />Mr. Lux stated he was asking for flexibility in order to allow medical office within the retail area. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holmes did not understand why the developer was requesting more than 50/50 <br />for the red area. <br /> <br />Ms. Kvilvang reviewed the comments made at the previous City Council worksession regarding <br />this topic. <br /> <br />Mayor Grant questioned if the Council wanted to see more office and less retail in this area. He <br />stated he wanted to see more office space within the plan. <br /> <br />Mr. Lux anticipated that a great deal of the light blue Flex space would be office space. <br /> <br />Councilmember McClung wondered if the light blue space line should be moved south, which <br />would capture more of the Flex space for retail. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden understood there was a need for office/medical space and feared that the <br />site was doing away with the space it had set aside for this use. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holmes believed more office space was needed due to the fact they lead to <br />higher paying jobs when compared to retail. <br /> <br />Councilmember Wicklund stated he was comfortable with the 75/25 spread. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden believed 50/50 was a better solution when considering the overall <br />zoning for the City. She requested that the Neighborhood Transition District be put back into the <br />plan. <br /> <br />Ms. Kvilvang discussed the reasons why Neighborhood Transition was taken out of the plan. <br /> <br />Senior Planner Bachler believed that adjustments could be made to Neighborhood Subdistrict 4 <br />to more closely reflect the Neighborhood Transition District. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden questioned where the uses allowed within Neighborhood Transition <br />would be located if this zoning district were eliminated, given the fact they would not be allowed <br />in the Town Center. <br /> <br />Mr. Lux commented on the primary vision and goals for the development.