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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL — JANUARY 9, 2023 10 <br />the JDA in order to move the TCAAP project forward and encouraged the Council to be open to <br />moving in a new direction. <br />Keith Gilbert, 1466 Skiles Lane, welcomed the new Councilmembers. He indicated he was not <br />on Facebook but noted he had read Tom's letter. He believed the letter was well reasoned and did <br />not sound like a coup or takeover. He stated he supported the letter. <br />Steve Erler, 1704 Chatham Avenue, congratulated Mayor Grant and the three new members on <br />their election. He stated according to the agenda the Council would be appointing new members <br />to various committees and commissions per City Code. He indicated one of those bodies was the <br />JDA. He explained at the Council's last meeting the previous City Council voted to extend the <br />terms of Mayor Grant and Brian Holmes another two years. He indicated one of the motions <br />before the Council this evening was to formalize those extensions. He stated subsequent motions <br />propose to rescind those appointments with replacements from the new Councilmembers. He <br />indicated the newly elected Councilmembers ran as a unified slate on a platform that very <br />prominently promised to engage with Ramsey County to negotiate a settlement and to get the <br />development or Rice Creek Commons started. He noted all three Councilmembers won by <br />comfortable margins and therefore have a mandate to do that. He explained the appointment of <br />Mayor Grant and Brian Holmes to the JDA appears to be an attempt to preempt the incoming <br />Council's ability to make those appointments, undermining the ability to usefully engage with <br />Ramsey County and thus circumventing the will of the majority of the voters in Arden Hills. He <br />recommended the Council rescind the previous appointments and be replaced with appointments <br />made by the current Council. <br />Steve Nelson, 3475 Siems Court, welcomed the Councilmembers and congratulated Mayor Grant <br />on his reelection. He stated he was in favor of some development on TCAAP. He commented on <br />the history of this project and discussed how Ramsey County went forward with cleaning the <br />property having a full understanding of the density of the property. He indicated the County now <br />wanted the City to bail them out for their mistakes because they spent too much money on the <br />cleanup. He noted the density has been approved by the City and the developer. He reported the <br />County does not want to do it because their costs would not be recovered. He stated the County <br />jumped before understanding how far they had to fall. He understood there could be some <br />compromise, but the density desired by the County would not be in the best interest of the City. <br />He commented on the hidden costs the City would have to pick up, such as public safety and long <br />term maintenance. He indicated the current Council has a lot of experience with the County and <br />the County has ignored the City. He supported the County having to work with the City and not <br />the other way around. He reported he would like to see the project moving forward, but not with <br />the density being requested from the County. He discussed how the number of police calls would <br />increase if the entire development was low income housing. In addition, he feared the <br />development did not have the proper transportation in place should the County's density move <br />forward. Lastly, he suggested the City not spend $1.2 million on the proposed roundabout at Old <br />Snelling and County Road E, given the fact he intersection did not currently have any problems. <br />He stated he lived in this neighborhood and he feared how he would be adversely impacted, along <br />with the pedestrians using this intersection. <br />Steve Scott, 4286 Norma Avenue, explained he was defeated in the recent election. He welcomed <br />the new Councilmembers and stated he hoped they succeeded. He reported he did not care for the <br />
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