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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION—NOVEMBER 28, 2016 3 Councilmember Wicklund recommended the City set a timeframe of five to seven years to ensure action was taken on the Civic property. Councilmember Holden believed the City should outright own this property and recommended the timeframe be seven to ten years. Councilmember McClung stated the thought of moving City Hall to the Civic property was growing on him. However, it was his opinion the Council needed a great deal more time to plan the future of this site. Mayor Grant was pleased the Council was supportive of owning the Civic property outright. He wanted to see something nice on this site. Councilmember Wicklund believed the Council should only buy the land when it had a plan in place. Mayor Grant suggested the property be sold back to the City at a pass-through price and if the City decides not to develop the site as a Civic use it could be sold back to the developer. Ms. Kvilvang questioned what the zoning of this property would be if it were sold back to the developer at some time in the future. Mr. Lux stated it would be good to have some certainty in place in order to protect the property values of the parcels surrounding the Civic property. Councilmember McClung suggested the parcel be zoned residential if not used for Civic. Councilmember Holden commented she would like to see a Community Center on the Civic property noting this would greatly benefit the youth of Arden Hills. Further discussion ensued regarding the future of the Civic property. Councilmember McClung explained he was willing to commit to putting a Civic use on this property. Mayor Grant believed a bridge between old and new Arden Hills might be created by placing a Community Center on TCAAP. Councilmember Holmes questioned why the City could not receive the Civic property for free. Mr. Lux discussed the budget for TCAAP land acquisition. He stated that the budget is a fixed $14.5 million that includes the land acquisition and all the improvements to the property. He assumed that the County would be turning over all park land to the City. There is no direct payment being made to the county for that land. He continued that the burden of the park system will be on their shoulders in what they are paying for the land. Councilmember Holmes again asked if the 1.6 acres could be given to the city for free.