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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — FEBRUARY 20, 2018 4 C. 2018 Vehicle Purchase Public Works Director/City Engineer Polka noted that the building inspection vehicle was purchased in 2004 and she provided a document with the repair history. Two quotes were received, one for an all -wheel drive 2018 Ford Escape and one for a two -wheel drive 2018 Ford Escape. The all -wheel drive vehicle is lower because of incentives being offered. Councilmember Holden suggested that because work was done on the vehicle in 2017 another use be found for the vehicle within the City and to not use it as a trade-in. Councilmember Holmes said she didn't think a new vehicle was necessary, that we could repair it and continue to use it until it was irreparable. She did agree that all -wheel drive was needed. City Administrator Dave Perrault said that from a finance perspective, they should also consider at what point a decision would be made to replace the vehicle, if more repairs necessary. Councilmember Scott said he is in favor of replacing the vehicle at this time. Councilmember Holden was concerned about the downtime that staff would have if the vehicle need repairs again and felt it should be replaced. City Administrator Perrault it wouldn't make much sense to keep the current vehicle because it would be used so infrequently. Mayor Grant was also in favor of replacing the vehicle. D. TCAAP Plat City Planner Matthew Bachler provided a verbal update on the TCAAP Plat, noting a land use application has been received from Ramsey County for a preliminary and final plat for the TCAAP property. The plat is to define the boundaries of the site and clean up the legal description which is currently very complicated. The plat would transfer some land as right-of- way to MnDOT for the County Road H interchange, and to Ramsey County for the new roadway connecting County Road H and County Road I. A small outlot would be transferred to Ramsey County Parks and Recreation and two large outlots would be defined to help facilitate the transfer of land to the master developer. This will be presented to the Planning Commission March 7 and City Council March 26. E. Draft Comp Plan City Planner Matthew Bachler noted that the City has until December 31, 2018 to submit the final Comp Plan update to the Metropolitan Council, but there needs to be a six month review period for adjacent and affected jurisdictions to review the Draft before submittal. The public hearing is anticipated to be at the April 4 Planning Commission meeting with the final Draft Plan to be brought to the City Council on April 23. WSB & Associates Senior Planner Eric Zweber gave a summary of the updates that have been made to the Housing and Land Use chapters of the Comprehensive Plan. He mentioned that the