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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — MARCH 10, 2025 5 Councilmember Monson appreciates him highlighting that the outcome may be unpalatable. She thinks this Council understands the limitations and it can be a framework for the City to work on one piece at a time. The priorities of the community could be something like planting trees in a park to provide shade. She understands the number will be high. Council is aware that we won't be able to do it all. She doesn't think it will be a problem for Council to manage. Mayor Grant noted that he did not use the word unpalatable. Councilmember Monson didn't mean to attribute that to him with her comments. Mayor Grant said his point to Bolton & Menk is he wants them to bring back a good plan and make recommendations. He is just trying to set the expectation to Council that the amount is going to be a large number. Mounds View is still reeling from what they were proposed. Casey Byers said sometimes having the plan helps put into perspective what the community needs are. That helps from a grant funding standpoint and it also helps for private donors and corporations who are trying to bring families and professionals into the area. A plan like this will help shed light on what the community needs are. Mayor Grant asked if there was anything else needed from Council. Bryce Shearen said they have what they need to move forward. Mayor Grant said he looks forward to getting started. B. Zoning Code Update City Administrator Jagoe reminded that HGKi is working with the City on the zoning ordinance updates. She provided a recap of the schedule of the four different phases in the packet. The project is currently in Phase 3 of the project. The Planning Commission received their first presentation from the consultants at the February meeting. The presentation included their initial review of the zoning districts. Some additional information on residential district standards was shared. This will be the building block as they keep working on drafting language and bringing back additional information to the Planning Commission. This is an update for the City Council on what the Planning Commission has received. Council should determine if further discussion is needed or if the consultants should look at other alternatives. From the update tonight, the consultants are going to start drafting language and bring forth new information to the Planning Commission. City Administrator Jagoe wants to review the four bullet points that were highlighted for the Planning Commission. She asked Council to determine if there is anything they would like the consultants to look at differently or provide additional information on. At Phase 3 the consultants are going to start working on their community engagement with the online survey and some other things. Mayor Grant said it appears that the B2 District is now mixed use. He said that includes residential and commercial. He doesn't think that's a good thing.