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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — APRIL 14, 2025 19 Councilmember Rousseau would prefer it go to the Planning Commission for an initial run- through. There are so many different items that need to be discussed. There isn't enough time in these work sessions to get through the entire list. Councilmember Weber strongly agrees it should go to the Planning Commission. Councilmember Monson agrees it should go to the Planning Commission. She thinks the Planning Commission should be encouraged to watch the work session so they understand the concerns. Councilmember Weber asked if it would be on the next Planning Commission agenda. City Administrator Jagoe confirmed it could go to the May 7 h meeting. Councilmember Holden said there has been discussion of there being multiple definitions. She is asking if Planning Commission is being tasked with defining thrift instead of the Council. City Administrator Jagoe said Staff would share draft language with the Planning Commission for feedback and review. They can make a recommendation to bring forward to the Council. Council agreed to that approach and thrift store use was removed from Agenda Planning, pending Planning Commission recommendations. Councilmember Weber wants to discuss ducks and chickens. Mayor Grant said that one is low on the priority list. Councilmember Weber doesn't think it will take that much time. Councilmember Rousseau is interested in prioritizing chickens. She believes the ducks discussion could wait. The current state of the economy is making keeping chickens a hot topic again. She is also interested in discussing the door-to-door groups. She would also like to visit the topic of only meeting once in January, February and March. She said we should have the two meetings. She thought more work could be done during that period. By June we need to be having budget conversations. Councilmember Monson is okay with removing ducks from the chicken conversation. She's not sure if there is a big difference. She saw an article saying people are flocking to get chickens due to the price of eggs. She thinks this is a good time for us to allow residents to do that. She doesn't know if there are different regulations surrounding ducks. She is fine with separating the two, if it's necessary. Mayor Grant said ducks are entirely different. They are migration animals. Councilmember Holden said all the chicks have been sold out so it's not an issue for this year. There are residents in Arden Hills who don't have a license but are keeping chickens, anyway. Councilmember Monson said she reviewed the current chicken ordinance and she thinks there are just a couple of clean-up items needed.