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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — JULY 14, 2025 2 Councilmember Holden asked if Council is allowed to discuss Attachment B, only, or can discussion include landscaping and all the other items in the table. City Administrator Jagoe said in regards to development standards, she provided a quick recap on pages 2 and 3. We can go as far into the discussion as Council would like. Councilmember Holden would like to see the standards for landscaping remain, as is. If the trees don't fit on the lot they put money into the pot. City Administrator Jagoe said the Planning Commission were sensitive to not reducing the requirement for the number of trees to be planted. The consultants will come back with a couple of different options for Council to look at. Councilmember Weber said it seems like this is for new construction rather than the existing replacement calculations. He assumes the existing calculations won't change. City Administrator Jagoe believes this is just new construction. Councilmember Weber said if the City can get more trees out of it, he won't argue against it. Mayor Grant agrees the landscaping is fine, as it is. We are a pro -tree community. Councilmember Rousseau agrees we should focus on maintaining what we have. Councilmember Holden does not want HKGi to come back with any alternatives on how to calculate it. We should use the one we have. City Administrator Jagoe asked if Council would want to be made aware of changes to setbacks or parking that might impact how trees are calculated. Council agreed that the Tree Ordinance is fine, as it is today. Councilmember Weber said if setbacks or parking lot coverage changes, that through default through the City's current plan, would lower the number of trees. City Administrator Jagoe said the tree requirement is based on the square footage of the building being built. The consultants see the potential that if someone tried to satisfy the requirements, there could be over -crowding or risk to the future health of the full grown trees. We rely on the builder's landscape architect to provide the full design plans, so everything should tie out. We would get the payment or trees elsewhere in the City, in lieu of meeting the requirements on the site. Mayor Grant clarified that Council is saying there should be no changes. Councilmember Holden said there are maximum details regarding electric vehicle (EV) charging but handicap parking isn't addressed. A lot of places only have two spots and it's not enough.