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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — FEBRUARY 9, 2026 17 Councilmember Monson said she feels good sending this to the planning commission with the explicit instruction that we are trying to be middle of the road. Councilmember Weber said he likes the options on the table, as they are. Community Development Director Reilly corrected his earlier statement to clarify that the percentages as proposed are the same as Shoreview. The difference is the number of family -sized units in a building. He increased the requirement for family -size units but created fewer options to simplify things. Councilmember Weber would like the question posed to the Planning Commission and see how they feel about that, or if they express interest in expanding it. Councilmember Holden said if we do 50% AMI at 5%, that's just more money that the City has to come up with to help fund it, if somebody chose that. Community Development Director Reilly said these are requirements. It's telling them they have to do this, or nothing at all. If someone says they can't do it unless we give them money, we direct them to the section that outlines what additional options they can do, in addition to what's required. Councilmember Holden said if this goes to the Planning Commission she wouldn't want them to change everything. What is the Planning Commission's job on this? Community Development Director Reilly said they are tasked with making a recommendation to City Council and Council can ultimately decide. Councilmember Monson said Director Reilly can deliver the messages he heard here this evening. Councilmember Weber doesn't think it would serve the Planning Commission to blow up an ordinance like that. They watch the meetings. They put a lot of effort into helping us do what we do. Councilmember Holden didn't say they don't put in effort. She asked what their job is because sometimes they become more of the policy makers when they give it to us, after we passed it to them, and it comes back significantly changed. Council had consensus to move this topic on to the Planning Commission. D. Proactive Policing (added to the agenda) Councilmember Holden said recently something showed up on the Ramsey County Sheriffs Department reports called proactive visits. She asked City Administrator Jagoe to look into. She said technically we are being billed for them to do their patrol. Councilmember Weber added his wife stated this sounds like directed patrol. She is a supervisor for Minneapolis 911.