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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — NOVEMBER 2, 2023 6 they live and how they get around. They are building for a broad vision and the future, not for just one person's particular preferences. Councilmember Monson was glad the JDA was on the path to getting traffic concerns cleaned up. She would be happy if they found a third entrance. She didn't want to lose the opportunity for a grand view because somebody is worried about traffic on Hwy 96 and other cities are building whatever they want on Hwy 96. She is interested to get the studies back, see what the County says about Hwy 96. She continued to support 1,960 units. If they continue to delay it's going to cost more so she supported moving it to the Planning Commission for approval. Councilmember Fabel said when the reconstituted JDA started meeting in January they resolved to look forward not back to the long-standing dispute between the City and the County. But he thought it was important to know what the court order said. He believed it was time to direct staff to move forward with 1,960 to prepare it for further consideration; moving on with the City Code and Comprehensive Plan. Councilmember Holden said the County didn't negotiate or talk to them, and wondered why he wanted to keep wasting time talking about the past. She wondered why no-one stood up at the open house and told the people it was going to be 1,960. Mayor Grant stated he graduated from Chaska High School in 1975, the class motto was "My interest lies in the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life." He suggested they stay focused on what they need to focus on. Councilmember Monson moved to affordability; currently the proposal is twenty percent of the units will be affordable at a price range of sixty percent of the Area Median Income (AMI) or less, she would like to consider going above the twenty percent and adding additional percentage to cover the sixty to eighty percent. Councilmember Holden said she didn't know why they were talking about affordable housing. They do zoning as a city, they don't have a say in how much of it is affordable. Councilmember Rousseau apologized for the harsh comments between Councilmembers. She felt the open house was professionally done and well attended. Losing the flex office space wasn't an issue for her, her bigger concern was to have room for remote workers to office from home. She noted that with the military acreage next door they will never have traditional traffic patterns in this location. Mayor Grant agreed with Councilmember Holden's statement that they zone property and aren't in the affordability business. He wondered if the County would put affordability into the term sheet with the developer. Mr. Lux said the term sheet will be between Alatus and the JDA. Affordability and sustainability will be in the term sheet. Lot sizes and building materials will be controlled by the City. Mayor Grant asked if there was any intent to ask for TIF financing for any part of the project.