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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION – MARCH 20, 2023 14 <br /> <br />without having to say the AUAR didn’t address certain things such as Highway 96 and Lexington <br />Avenue. <br /> <br />Mayor Grant clarified that the first scenario relates to the City zoning and says 1,500 housing <br />units or less. The second says what happens if you go to 1,501. When Council put in 2,500 it was <br />never anticipated that was a number they would get to. <br /> <br />City Administrator Perrault stated that Master Plan and planning guidelines came to about <br />$500,000, and the AUAR portion cost $97,000. <br /> <br />Councilmember Fabel felt there were some components of the AUAR that needed to be looked <br />at and clarified to facilitate the planning process for TCAAP. <br /> <br />Mayor Grant said the AUAR only looks at intersections going into or out of TCAAP. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden said it wouldn’t include Highway 96, that would be a whole different <br />scope outside the AUAR system. <br /> <br />Mayor Grant explained that traffic implications on a road like Hamline Avenue wouldn’t have <br />been studied as part of the AUAR because the AUAR only looks at intersections going into and <br />out of TCAAP. If they wanted to look at those impacts, that would be a whole new scope beyond <br />the AUAR. <br /> <br />Councilmember Fabel felt a study would have to be done to look at the traffic impact. <br /> <br />City Administrator Perrault suggested that they ask for an option to look outside of TCAAP <br />and if it can be addressed at the same time as the AUAR process. <br /> <br />Councilmember Monson said she would love to have a traffic study done on Highway 96 but her <br />question would be about funding – could the County pay for that because it’s their road? <br /> <br />City Administrator Perrault stated the Community Development Director for Ramsey County <br />has already said they could ask the Public Works Department to look at traffic scenarios along <br />Highway 96 and with Lexington Avenue. <br /> <br />Councilmember Monson said she supported moving the AUAR updates up to 2023. She would <br />like to include a Highway 96 traffic study to go through the County in coordination with the <br />AUAR. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden said it took four months to update the AUAR last time, she thought it <br />would take six to eight months to update the entire AUAR. <br /> <br />Councilmember Fabel said the idea is that the AUAR be updated at the same time as TCAAP <br />planning is going forward. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden asked if they were going to feed them information as to how to update <br />the AUAR based on the information they give them? <br />