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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION – FEBRUARY 20, 2018 5 Metropolitan Council had updated its housing requirements from ten years ago, and Arden Hills now has to have an average density of five units an acre for new development. Adding housing in TCAAP will bring the City well over that. The second component is affordable housing – existing and future affordable housing needs have to be addressed. Review continued of the draft Land Use, Housing, and Implementation Chapters and Council provided recommendations on changes. A page by page review was also done of the entire 2040 draft Comp Plan. City Planner Bachler stated the next steps for the draft 2040 Comp Plan include the Planning Commission and Economic Development Commission reviewing the entire draft on March 7. He noted that a red-lined version of the draft plan would be brought back to the March 19 work session based on the changes the Council provided this evening. On April 4, the Planning Commission will hold a public hearing, and the draft will be presented again to the Council on April 23 for approval. 2. COUNCIL COMMENTS AND STAFF UPDATES Councilmember Holden mentioned that Betty McCullum’s office is meeting with EPA and MPCA and the Army about Round Lake soon. Councilmember Holden asked if the TCAAP roads would be designed to work with autonomous cars. City Administrator Perrault said that Public Works Director/City Engineer Polka went to a presentation on autonomous vehicles, and it is difficult to plan for that because we don’t know what those vehicles will actually consist of or what the needs will be. Councilmember Holden said a Colonel from Fort Ripley spoke with the Rotary Club about the new Readiness Center. The funding isn’t in place but they hope to start yet this year, and completed in 2020. ADJOURN Mayor Grant adjourned the City Council Work Session at 8:53 p.m. __________________________ __________________________ Jolene Trauba David Grant Deputy Clerk Mayor