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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION – MARCH 20, 2023 15 <br /> <br />Councilmember Fabel said the City Council and the County would be working side by side. He <br />thought they should open up the AUAR update process now so that as planning goes forward on <br />TCAAP the activities and communication would be coordinated. <br />Councilmember Holden stated that she heard him say that they are going to go through the <br />planning process then give them information from the planning process to update the AUAR <br />based on that. So her question was are they going to update the AUAR or is the JDA planning to <br />submit information to them with which to update the AUAR from? <br /> <br />Councilmember Fabel said the processes would be going on at the same time and many of the <br />same people would be involved in both, City staff would be involved in both, the City’s <br />representatives on the JDA and it would be ultimately approved by the City Council. They would <br />be working side by side and beginning now so they could work on it as the JDA plan moves <br />forward. <br /> <br />Mayor Grant said Council needs to understand the City and the County don’t do the AUAR, it is <br />done by a third party. <br /> <br />Councilmember Fabel said the third party would be talking to staff. <br /> <br />Mayor Grant felt Councilmember Holden was asking when they would start the process. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden stated they can’t start the AUAR and halfway through have the JDA say <br />they want to add or change this or that. They’re either updating the AUAR or they’re not. The <br />people updating the AUAR aren’t going to wait around for the JDA to decide what changes <br />they’re going to make. <br /> <br />Councilmember Fabel wanted to give staff the go ahead to get started. <br /> <br />City Administrator Perrault stated there are two scenarios, the 1,500 is based on current city <br />zoning code, the 2,500 is based on the maximum developable scenario. He would postulate that <br />as the JDA moves forward they could work in tandem with Kimley Horn on the updates but if the <br />updates aren’t exceeding the 2,500 scenario the inputs aren’t really changing and would still fall <br />within the existing AUAR. <br /> <br />Mayor Grant didn’t know what they would gain by starting early. His bigger concern was what if <br />the acreage from commercial and residential changes? Then you have an AUAR that doesn’t <br />match up with what you’re doing. They may still be within the development scenarios but the <br />environmental impact would be different. There are elements within the AUAR that change <br />depending on how much residential and commercial there is. <br /> <br />Councilmember Fabel thought that maybe the AUAR needs to be adjusted to create more <br />flexibility. <br /> <br />Councilmember Monson wondered if Kimley Horn could give a proposal and explain the <br />methods of updating an AUAR. <br /> <br />Mayor Grant felt it was a strange way of updating the AUAR, but directed staff to contact <br />Kimley Horn to discuss and get their advice.