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Joint Development Authority <br />TCAAP Redevelopment Project <br />Joint Development Authority <br />TCAAP Redevelopment Project <br />AGENDA ITEM 8a <br />MEMORANDUM <br />DATE: March 10, 2026 <br />TO: Joint Development Authority Board of Commissioners <br />FROM: Directors Mitchell and Jagoe <br />SUBJECT: Consider Recommendation of TRC Amendment Requests <br />At the October 2025 JDA work session, staff presented an infrastructure project update focused on the <br />planned Ramsey County infrastructure work. They outlined the overall scope, progress, and key design <br />considerations and received feedback and questions from the JDA. Ramsey County staff and consultants <br />came back to the February 2025 JDA work session with more information on these topics, including an <br />updated project status and refined information on TCAAP Redevelopment Code (TRC) amendment <br />requests. At that meeting, the JDA reached consensus around the direction on the topic of multi-use <br />trail design width, however they asked for more information to support additional discussion on the <br />topic of lighting. <br />A technical memorandum was provided at the February 2026 JDA work session, and it has been updated <br />with the requested information and attached for JDA review. It discusses both the lighting and multi-use <br />trail design elements as outlined in the TCAAP Redevelopment Code (TRC) and provides supporting <br />detail related to the proposed infrastructure improvements. <br />Staff request that the JDA consider recommending that City and County staff bring the two TRC <br />amendments requested by Ramsey County to their respective elected bodies for consideration. The first <br />amendment request is for Multi-Use Trails along Rice Creek Boulevard and then second is for Street <br />Lighting along Rice Creek Boulevard. <br />Attachments: <br />•Kimley Horn Memo <br />•Presentation <br />Action Requested: <br />Consider recommending that staff bring forward the two requested TCAAP Redevelopment Code (TRC) <br />amendments to the City of Arden Hills and Ramsey County for their consideration.