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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — APRIL 14, 2025 11 Councilmember Rousseau said B-2, B-3 and I -Flex. B-4 is where we put cannabis. If we aren't willing to put thrift there because retail can't survive, that's a whole other issue. Councilmember Weber was looking at the uses chart. That's the only other use in B-4 that could be considered retail. Mayor Grant thinks there is a lighting store back in there. Councilmember Weber takes issue because the consultant the City has hired to review our zoning has said B-4 is not a viable retail area. People can disagree but the expert zoning professional is saying it's not a retail center. We can make retail allowable there. It's hard to justify forcing this use to be in a zone where retail can't survive. There's no foot traffic. He supports B-2 and B-3. He's willing to support it as conditional. He is curious what the Planning Commission will have to say. He thinks we should send it to the Planning Commission. Councilmember Holden we hired someone to look at the zoning. It's one company. There are 500 other companies that do the same thing. They could have a different opinion. She thinks it needs to be a CUP and we need a definition. Councilmember Monson said she is open to advancing it to Planning Commission if Staff has enough information. Mayor Grant said Council should vote on it at a Council Meeting. Councilmember Monson asked if he was requesting a vote to send it to Planning Commission. Mayor Grant said if you're going to send something specific to one of the committees, we should vote. Councilmember Monson doesn't think we've done that before. Mayor Grant said we have. He thinks the Council should vote if we want to send it to Planning Commission. He said we are the applicant. Council directs that. He asked for confirmation. City Administrator Jagoe said confirmed Council has given that direction. Mayor Grant asked if that happens formally at a Council meeting. City Administrator Jagoe can't say that is always the case. Council has given direction at a Work Session. She can't say there has always been a vote. Mayor Grant said -if we're changing City Code, that's how it should go. Councilmember Holden is confused on what would be sent to Planning Commission. Do we have definitions? Are we sending conditional use? If it's a CUP, Odds and Ends won't apply for a CUP because it will cost him money. She knows it's not about Odds and Ends, but they are there. They are supposed to stop doing business on April 30a'. They are still bringing things into the store every day. She doesn't understand what would be presented to the Planning Commission.