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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — OCTOBER 13, 2025 16 Ms. Trapp said generally cities have them in most districts and not just some of them. But there are reasons cities are unique and you would want to have it in only a few. They can be different in different in certain areas. Maybe neighborhood business wouldn't have as many as other ones. Councilmember Weber said uniform code is important for all of our commercial districts. City Administrator Jagoe said the Gateway Business District today there are exterior building standards, just not as specific as B-2 and B-3. We will see that there are standards as we get through this reorganization. Community Development Director Reilly asked if there were development standards for the non-residential districts in Rice Creek Commons. He warned against creating two different classes in our community. He thinks the standards should be similar regardless of where the development happens. Councilmember Holden agrees, however, knowing what the standards at TCAAP are, she thinks they are less than what is appropriate for the city as a whole. Mayor Grant clarified we aren't talking about TCAAP. We can have different standards north and south of Hwy 96. Ms. Trapp said she has enough information from today's discussion. She will come back with more specific standards, recommendations and code language. She believes the next time she will present to Council will be after the first of the year. C. January -March Meeting Schedule Assistant to the City Administrator/City Clerk Hanson said around October of 2023 the City moved to a new format where the work session preceded the Council meeting and do away with the work session on a third Monday. That was adopted into code in December of 2023. Since that time, historically the second meeting in January, February and March have been cancelled. She is here asking what Council wants to do with the meetings in the first three months. Councilmember Holden said that was sent back to Staff to bring back a recommendation. Mayor Grant said there is a recommendation at the bottom. Councilmember Holden asked why it is being brought back. Assistant to the City Administrator/City Clerk Hanson said it is a City Council decision. Councilmember Weber supports it. He would like to see the work sessions start at 5:00 pm. Councilmember Rousseau is interested in keeping them on the schedule and then they can be cancelled if we are in a good space. She is concerned about getting behind on some of the road map work that came out of the strategic planning. If we get behind, it would be nice to have the meetings there as a place holder.