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EN HILLS <br /> Approved: May 22, 2023 <br /> CITY OF ARDEN HILLS,MINNESOTA <br /> REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> APRIL 24,2023 <br /> 7:00 P.M. -ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS <br /> CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL <br /> Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor David Grant called to order the regular City <br /> Council meeting at 7:00 p.m. <br /> Present: Mayor David Grant, Councilmembers Brenda Holden, Emily Rousseau, <br /> Tom Fabel and Tena Monson <br /> Absent: None <br /> Also present: City Administrator Dave Perrault; Public Works Director/City Engineer <br /> David Swearingen; Community Development Director Jessica Jagoe; Finance Director <br /> Gayle Bauman; and City Attorney Joel Jamnik <br /> PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE <br /> 1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA <br /> Mayor Grant reported a change to the agenda and has added Item 9A— TCAAP Public Hearing <br /> in order to provide residents with a time and space to discuss TCAAP. <br /> Councilmember Fabel requested Items 9A and IOC be removed from the agenda. He reported <br /> both of these items were brought before the Council in defiance of the agreement signed by the <br /> Council on February 17, 2012, which is a joint powers agreement. He explained this agreement <br /> states the parties intend to exercise their respective authority granted by to Minnesota Statute 471- <br /> 59 to establish a joint powers board, to be named the Joint Development Authority, or such other <br /> name as the parties may determine. The parties intend that the Joint Development Authority shall <br /> be a governmental unit of the State, which is authorized to exercise to the extent permitted by the <br /> JPA Act, the general laws of the State of Minnesota and laws 2009 Chapter 88, Section 16 <br /> applicable to the TCAAP site. The common powers of each party for the development of the <br /> TCAAP site is a governmental entity of the State. These powers include, but are not limited to <br /> remediation of contamination and elimination of blight, infrastructure, construction and financing, <br /> comprehensive planning and zoning and economic development. By that agreement, he believed <br /> the City of Arden Hills created a separate governmental unit charged with the development and <br /> planning of the TCAAP site. It also adopted bylaws for that organization, one of which <br />