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~ ~~HILLS Approved: January 14, 2008 CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION JUNE 12, 2007 ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Stan Harpstead called to order the City Council Work Session meeting at 8:54 p.m. Present: Mayor Stan Harpstead, Council members David McClung, David Grant, and Fran Holmes. Absent: Councilmember Brenda Holden Also present: City Administrator, Michelle Wolfe; Community Development Director, Karen Barton, City Planner James Lehnhoff Others present: Stacie Kvilvang, Ehlers and Associates; Rick Collins, Gen McJilton and Eric Anderson, Ryan Companies; Bruce Chamberlain and Chuck Evans, HKGi . DISCUSSION OF TCAAP CONCEPT PLAN Mayor Harpstead stated that this meeting was scheduled to allow for time to share some thoughts between the City Council, developer, and HKGi (planning consultants.) He noted that the City Council needs to have input into the process, and there is a need to make sure Council input gets captured. He stated that it is important to guard against reacting to things we want to hear. He indicated that he has a sense that the Council would like to see more single family homes included. Councilmember Grant agreed that was an accurate assessment. Ms. McJilton noted that the current plan has 200 single family units. Mayor Harpstead stated that he thought the base was 250 homes; he wondered what the plan would look like with 300-350. In was discussed that the overall the plan includes an estimated 2000-2500 units or housing for approximately 5000 residents. Mayor Harpstead stated that there should be a discussion regarding density. He noted that it is important to compare apples-to-apples, to be clear on what the denominator is. He asked the Council, if single family units increase, what should decrease? Councilmember Holmes stated that the high density areas could go up in height to add density