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ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL – DECEMBER 12, 2016 2 <br /> <br />Interim City Administrator and Director of Finance and Administrative Services Iverson <br />provided the following update on TCAAP: <br /> <br /> Meetings <br />• On November 28, 2016, the City Council met in a work session with the Master <br />Development Team to review updated change requests to the TRC from the November 21, <br />2016 work session and to provide the Council with a final opportunity to raise any other <br />issues or concerns with the development and TRC. Final changes recommended to the <br />TRC and agreed to with the Master Development Team included: <br /> <br />o Minimum unit sizes for high density multi-family apartments <br />o Addition to Section 3.3 (f) that the JDA cannot grant flexibility to minimum unit sizes <br />o Removal of Section 3.4 – Special Development Plan and process <br />o Changing or adding 10% reduction allowance in Table 3-3 under #2 (Building Form <br />and Development Standards), with the exception that no % reduction was needed for <br />parking garages and porte-cocheres <br />o Adding memory care and skilled nursing to assisted living as permitted uses in TC-2 <br />and TC-3 (removed from TC-1) and removing reference to nursing homes altogether <br />o Removal of senior independent living as a permitted use in TC-1 <br />o Adding the Energy Integration and Resiliency Framework (EIRF) as attachment 8 <br /> <br />• On December 7, 2016, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on the <br />Comprehensive Plan Amendment, TCAAP Regulating Plan Amendment and TCAAP <br />Redevelopment Code (TRC) Amendment. The amendments to the TRC that were <br />recommended by the City Council after their work session on December 5th were <br />incorporated into the final approvals. Three residents spoke in favor of the amendments at <br />the meeting and no one spoke in opposition. The amendments were approved 5-0. <br /> <br />• No project team meetings with Staff and the Master Development Team have occurred <br />since the last TCAAP update on November 28, 2016. <br /> <br />Communications <br />• Staff provided articles from the Pioneer Press (December 3, 2016) and Star Tribune <br />(December 8, 2016) related to TCAAP. <br /> <br />B. Transportation Update <br /> <br />Interim Public Works Director/City Engineer Brotzler reported crews conducted a full plow <br />yesterday after the snow event. He anticipated crews would be out working again tomorrow. <br /> <br />Interim Public Works Director/City Engineer Brotzler stated there was a watermain break <br />today off of Arden View Drive within an easement. During the repair of the watermain break 75 <br />homes were without water. It was noted crews had the watermain fixed within several hours and <br />water service was fully restored to these homes. <br /> <br />Councilmember McClung indicated he was one of the homes impacted by the watermain break. <br />He sent his thanks to the Public Works crew for their great work.