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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — DECEMBER 16, 2019 3 B. National Recoveries/Arden Hills Corporate Center Parking Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla stated National Recoveries is a debt recovery service, which operates a call center at 4265 Lexington Avenue North within the Arden Hills Corporate Center. National Recoveries has been a tenant of Arden Hills Corporate Center since 2015 and has approximately 350 to 400 employees. This past summer the City Council and staff received a complaint about National Recoveries staff parking on Wyncrest Court. The residents concern corrected itself without city intervention. However, additional review was required to determine if the Arden Hills Corporate Center has sufficient parking to meet ordinance requirements. Councilmember Holmes asked if the City needed to reconsider its parking requirements for call centers. Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla explained the Council could consider making a change to the parking Ordinance. Mayor Grant stated he would also like to see the City addressing the parking restrictions on Wyncrest Court to ensure the residents in this area are not bothered by employees parking on the street. He also supported the Council reviewing the parking requirements for call centers. Councilmember Holden stated she was pleased Natural Recoveries was willing to work with the City. Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla indicated he would draw up language for call center parking requirements and would report back to the Council in January. H. Noise Wall Discussion Mayor Grant stated there were residents interested in having a noise wall in the Round Lake East area of the City, near Lakeshore Drive and Old Snelling Avenue. He noted MnDOT was taking applications for noise walls and would select which noise walls get built in 2020. He reported if a community signs up to cover 10% of the cost, this puts the application at the top of the list. He asked if the Council supported the City submitting an application. Interim Public Works Director/City Engineer Blomstrom provided the Council with information regarding noise walls and described how noise walls are funded. He estimated the proposed cost for the Lakeshore Drive noise wall would be $1.6 million based on MnDOT cost data. Mayor Grant questioned if the Council supported the City submitting an application for this noise wall if the City's expense could be $160,000. Councilmember Scott supported the City submitting an application.