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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL — JANUARY 25, 2021 16 Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla reported the Council had until February 21, 2021 to take action on this item. Mayor Grant asked if this item could be returned to the City Council for the first meeting in February. Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla stated he was comfortable with this as this would allow him and the applicant to review the numbers and a recommendation could be brought to the Council at the February 8, 2021 City Council meeting. Chris Buday asked if the Council would be tabling everything tonight or just the PUD. Mayor Grant explained the Council has not gotten quite that far noting there may be concerns regarding the parking. He questioned if the developer could support a two week delay. Chris Buday stated this would be acceptable, but would be the limit he could take for delays. Mayor Grant requested Councilmember McClung address his concerns regarding parking. Councilmember McClung reviewed the conditions in place right now stating the City will review any cross parking agreement between the developer and Bethel University. He recommended the cross parking agreement have a minimum of 25 parking spaces included. Alex Brewer, a representative for the developer, discussed the parking situation. He discussed the current needs of the Anderson Center and how a cross parking agreement would meet the overflow needs of the development. He addressed the concerns Bethel has and noted a specific number had not be defined. Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla discussed the CUP that was in place for Bethel University along with the parking requirements. He explained Bethel was concerned with how taking away 25 parking stalls may impact their CUP. For this reason, the language within the cross parking agreement was proposed to be vague noting shared parking would occur during off peak or holiday events. Councilmember McClung suggested 14 spaces during the week and 25 spaces on the weekends be written into the cross parking agreement. Mayor Grant questioned why the City was focusing in on 25 additional parking spaces. Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla stated this number came about after initial conversations between Bethel and the applicant. He noted this number would eliminate the parking deficiency for the developer. He indicated Bethel does not want to offer a set number, but rather would like to offer overflow parking on an as needed basis. Councilmember Scott stated he appreciated the fact the developer had negotiated an open ended agreement with Bethel. He did not believe the Council had to get bogged down with a specific number.