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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—OCTOBER 23, 2023 10 available in a public fashion or it would have been provided. Alternatively, the information was not provided, which would be a violation of State Law and the Mayor and Councilmembers could be removed from office. Councilmember Rousseau explained the PTRC did not have a quorum at their last meeting. Councilmember Rousseau reported the EDC would be holding its second meeting on Wednesday, October 25. She noted this group still had two open seats. Councilmember Rousseau stated NYFS held an open house at their White Bear Lake clinic last week. Mayor Grant indicated the Primer Tracer property was still up for auction and the current bid was $3,410,000. Mayor Grant addressed the comment made by Mr. Larson and if there was an agreement on the 1,460 units. He stated the City did have an agreement with the County on this number. He explained he had a print out of a Ramsey County Board of Commissioners agenda, which included an approved master plan that included 1,460 units. He noted an amendment was considered changing the number of units from 1,431 to 1,460 units. He reported action on this amended item was taken by the Ramsey County Board on December 20, 2016. Mayor Grant stated Councilmember Fabel previously stated the TCAAP AUAR called for a development that was between 1,500 and 2,500 units. He explained there was never one scenario between this range. Rather the two scenarios that were considered were the zoning scenario that was consistent with the City's approved comprehensive plan and associated development limits included in the City's current zoning code. He stated the zoning scenario included up to 1,500 residential units, 500,000 square feet of retail and 1,700,000 square feet of non-retail commercial space. He indicated people may wonder why the County went from 1,431 to 1,460, noting this was because this was the City's zoning scenario. He explained the people who completed the AUAR advised the City Council, at the time, that if the City chose to go over 1,500 units, the AUAR would have to be redone. The recommendation to the City was to set another limit for analysis purposes. He stated there was nothing magical about the 2,500 number, but rather established what would need to happen on the property if the development went over 1,500 units. He indicated the City and the County were working together and the density was increased to 1,460 because this was the City's zoning scenario. He reported the AUAR talks about two different scenarios. He clarified that one of these scenarios was not between 1,500 and 2,500 units. He commented on Page 2 of the AUAR noting this document was available on the City's website. Mayor Grant discussed the document request that Councilmember Fabel made and stated it was his understanding he asked to come in and review documents. He asked if this was City Administrator Perrault's recollection. City Administrator Perrault stated this was partially correct. He noted Councilmember Fabel and Mr. Larson had asked to review documents and that the other half of the request was for emails and other Councilmember communication.