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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION—JUNE 8, 2020 4 C. Clean Up Day Update Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla stated at the January 21, 2020 meeting, the City Council discussed hosting a citywide recycling event. At that time, Council directed staff to continue researching options including neighborhood specific dumpsters. Following the meeting, staff contacted Republic Services to see if they would consider neighborhood dumpster drop-offs. Republic had concerns such as lack of site supervision, public safety and nuisance concerns, possible hazardous waste contamination, the fact that there would be no recycling or reuse as all materials placed in the dumpster would be sent to the landfill, and possible liability to the city. Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla explained due to the number of concerns, Republic Service indicated they will not participate or recommend proceeding with the program. It was noted another option would be to host an offsite event in Blaine at Green Light at an estimated cost between $3,000 and $4,000. Councilmember Scott stated he was in favor of postponing the clean up event for this year. Councilmember Holden agreed the event should be postponed. Mayor Grant also agreed the event should be postponed. He thanked staff for researching this topic and stated the City could consider Green Light hosting a clean up event in the future. Councilmember McClung supported the event being postponed to 2021. Council consensus was to direct staff to postpone the clean up event to 2021. D. Parking for Call Center Ordinance Update Associate Planner Hartmann stated at its December 2019 work session, the Council discuss call center parking requirements in regards to National Recoveries located at 4265 Lexington Avenue North within the Arden Hills Corporate Center. The available parking within the corporate center does not meet the needs of National Recoveries as they employ approximately 350-400 persons. Because of this National Recoveries has contracted with North Heights Lutheran Church to provide overflow employee parking. He indicated the existing offsite parking is permitted by ordinance section 1325.06 Subd D, 6. Following the discussion the City Council directed staff to review and propose a zoning code amendment to add a definition for "call centers" and parking count standards for the use. Councilmember McClung stated both items looked good to him. Mayor Grant commented the magic number appears to be somewhere between 142 to 150 based on other communities. Councilmember Scott asked how long National Recovery has been in Arden Hills. He questioned why they moved into this space when it was not adequately parked.