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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—APRIL 13, 2026 2 Councilmember Rousseau commented she would then withdraw here request to remove Items E and M from the Consent Agenda. Councilmember Monson questioned if Councilmembers could pull items from the Consent Agenda at the time the Consent Agenda was being considered. City Administrator Jagoe reported after speaking with the City Attorney, she confirmed an item could be pulled from the Consent Agenda up until a motion was on the floor. Councilmember Monson thanked staff for providing clarity on this this procedural matter. MOTION: Councilmember Monson moved and Councilmember Weber seconded a motion to approve the meeting agenda as amended. The motion carried (5-0). 2. TCAAP/RICE CREEK COMMONS UPDATE City Administrator Jagoe stated the Joint Development Authority met on March 10"'. Agenda items included consideration of TRC Amendment Requests, review of the 2025 Annual Report, and 2026 Road Map. In follow-up from the February meeting, Ramsey County along with its consultant Kimley Horn continued the review of two TRC Amendment requests with the JDA. The first TRC Amendment was to reduce the width of the multi-use trails in the TRC from 12 feet to 10 feet and the second pertains to the required spacing for street lighting along Rice Creek Boulevard. The TRC states that street lights shall be placed at an average of forty feet on center. Kimley Horn reviewed their photometric layouts which were at spacing as required by the TRC and as recommended per MnDOT Roadway Lighting Design Manual. Following this presentation, the JDA approved a motion to have JDA staff bring forward the two TRC Amendments to the City and County for consideration. The second item on the agenda as required by the Joint Powers Agreement, the JDA Administrative Director reviewed the JDA Annual Report for 2025. The report included development progress highlights such as the Outlot A groundbreaking and the final plat approval of the California parcel which allows for advancement of public infrastructure construction as well as a number of clean energy and sustainability updates like adoption of the Sustainability Design Guidelines, pursuing LEED for Communities certification, and the JDA hosting the first webinar series in November on sustainability and clean energy goals. The next meeting of the JDA scheduled for April 61h was canceled. For the advisory committees there were several meetings. First, the JDA Advisory Committee met on March 131h where JDA staff provided an overview of the analysis that is being completed for taking the hybrid developer approach and how that might work. Staff is identifying the critical parts of those upfront costs for each the City, County, and future development partners as well as examining what are those traditional development costs that developers expect such as infrastructure costs and development fees and how would those costs be divided between multiple developers under the hybrid approach. Through the analysis that staff is preparing the City and County will be able to examine the financial feasibility of a single developer versus the multiple developer approach and where those risks are mitigated.