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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION – JANUARY 17, 2023 3 Mayor Grant stated that if the JDA meets in February they will have a lot of business to figure out to reconstitute the group; structure, finance, hiring attorneys, insurance. He asked if the three new councilmembers had made plans to meet with Ehlers. Councilmember Fabel said he and Councilmember Monson had a meeting scheduled. Councilmember Holden asked what the purpose would be of City and County staff meeting. City Administrator Perrault thought they could lay a base work of what the County wanted to do to get the process moving forward, and start staff-to-staff relations. Councilmember Monson supported City staff starting a conversation with County staff. Mayor Grant suggested another item they could discuss is what needs to be done to reconstitute the JDA. Councilmember Holden felt one of the issues of the JDA was that the County was the administrator. B. Primer Tracer Concept Review Discussion Community Development Director Jagoe stated the Concept Plan Review was from Global One Commercial for the property owned by the Federal Government and commonly referred to as the Primer Tracer property. The request is for a review for potential industrial use of the approximate 62 acres. Two high level industrial scenarios have been submitted for discussion by the Applicant as part of their due diligence as they decide whether or not to bid on the property. Option A is for five multi-tenant buildings, Option B is for two different multi-tenant buildings. The subject property is located within a 233 acre site. The property was previously used as a manufacturing facility for the production of component primers and tracing compounds associated with small caliber ammunition production. GSA Auctions will be selling the property “as is”; there are approximately 50 structures on the subject property. In 2015 the site was considered by Ramsey County in partnership with Xcel Energy to be developed into an emergency management center on 20 acres, with 40 acres built as a solar array. Xcel Energy determined the site wasn’t feasible. Community Development Director Jagoe said the applicant would intend to seek rezoning to I- 2, General Industrial District. The GSA listing includes information that environmental remediation has been completed to industrial development levels. Based on preliminary analysis the land use requests would include the subdivision of land, comprehensive plan amendment, rezoning of the property and a potential conditional use permit(s). Mayor Grant noted that GSA would be in control of the auction. Mr. Globus stated they would call the development “Arden Hills Business Commons” and presented two options for the site. Option A would have five buildings and a self-storage facility. The buildings would be multitenant manufacturing and technology buildings. Option B would have two large buildings with industrial space. One building is envisioned to be a fulfillment center and the other distribution center.