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Joint Development Authority Work Session <br />Monday, July 7, 2025 <br />Arden Hills City Council Chambers <br />Minutes <br />5:30 pm <br /> <br />Roll Call <br /> <br />Joint Development Authority: Chair Jon Wicklund, Commissioner Tara Jebens-Singh, <br />Commissioner Kurt Weber, Commissioner Mary Jo McGuire, Commissioner Tena Monson <br /> <br />Also present: Jessica Jagoe (Arden Hills); Ella Mitchell (Ramsey County), Rachel Tierney <br />(Kennedy & Graven) <br /> <br />Roll call taken. <br /> <br />Public Input <br /> <br />None. <br /> <br />New Business <br /> <br />a. Review Communications Update <br /> <br />Director Mitchell stated in May, Goff Public worked with Ramsey County and the City of Arden <br />Hills on additional inquiries from Star Tribune reporter Matt McKinney for his article about the <br />Outlot A groundbreaking and sustainable design guidelines, which ran on May 10: Green, but <br />not green enough? First building at former TCAAP site misses efficiency targets. Goff Public also <br />worked with project staff to issue a special update to the Rice Creek Commons newsletter list <br />on May 7: Construction underway on first development at Rice Creek Commons. Also in May, <br />the American Institute of Architects Minnesota published an article in the annual ENTER <br />magazine focused on carbon-neutral development at both Rice Creek Commons and the <br />Heights: New Developments in Carbon Neutrality in Minnesota. <br /> <br />Director Mitchell explained in June, Goff Public worked with JDA Chair Wicklund, Ramsey <br />County and the City of Arden Hills on a statement about the outcome of the June 25 special JDA <br />meeting regarding the request by Alatus for an extension to the preliminary development <br />agreement. Star Tribune reporter Matt McKinney covered the meeting and decision by the JDA <br />to take no action on the request: Rice Creek Commons board to part with TCAAP site developer <br />citing sluggish pace. The next quarterly Rice Creek Commons newsletter is currently planned for <br />August. There have been nine recent inquiries through the Rice Creek Commons microsite <br />contact portal regarding housing, sustainability, wildlife, and requests for more information <br />about the project. Staff responded to each inquiry directly. <br />