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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—NOVEMBER 13, 2023 6 Community Development Director Jagoe reported she would want to look at the future land use designations under the Comp Plan to better understand how they are guided. City Administrator Perrault indicated any changes made to the TRC would have to be approved by Ramsey County. Mayor Grant hoped Ramsey County was still interested in job creation within this development. He feared how jobs within the development would be reduced given the proposed changes that were being made to the zoning. Councilmember Fabel pointed out that the changes that have been made pertain only to one section and by reclassifying a portion of the property from commercial to residential, this may not have an impact on the number of jobs with the development. He reported the people of Arden Hills voted by a 60% margin to do this. He stated the density and jobs within this project will be determined by the market as this project moves forward. Councilmember Monson stated she thinks about zoning differently. She indicated she was not opposed to how it was today. She explained she wanted to see the zoning being more inclusive, versus exclusive. She did not support the City going down the path to exclude a specific use, but she was not opposed to this either. She reported she could support further discussions on the red/blue/light blue area. She stated she may be inclined to opening up this entire area for reconsideration. She indicated she wanted the JDA to be onboard with the discussions the Council was having. Further discussion ensued regarding the process that would be followed to consider further zoning changes. Councilmember Holden stated this was our City and she believed the City has given the County everything they wanted. She commented on how she hoped to see the highest and best uses within this development. She encouraged the Council to see the value of making changes how versus having to go back to the County. She understood Ramsey County was interested in getting their money back, which would be done if the highest and best uses were put into this project versus giant empty warehouses. She explained she had a problem hearing about the 60% vote. She stated maybe people voted for Councilmember Fabel because he promised to be transparent or because he promised to answer questions. She stated the Council would never know why people voted for Councilmember Fabel,but she was tired of hearing about the vote. Mayor Grant explained he did not believe residents voted for him for one single reason. Rather, he worked to support many projects and initiatives within the community. He questioned why Councilmember Fabel stated people voted for him because he expanded the number on TCAAP, because this simply was not true. He indicated he did not want the Council to keep going back to this. He stated he wanted this project to create jobs for the City and for it to something the City could be proud of. He understood the County was interested in generating revenue and commented on how Parcel A would create close to $10 million in revenue for Ramsey County. He supported the Council further reviewing the zoning or allowed uses within the red area in order to make this project something special.