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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - October 13, 2008 8 Community Development Director Lehnhoff stated that the City is being asked to accept the plan as a concept plan for the B2 area along with all the recommendations. Accepting this plan would allow the City to move forward with the first phase of the implementation which would be the design standards. The public improvements and other initiatives within the plan would require additional Council input and engineering review. Mayor Harpstead stated that accepting the plan allows Staff to proactively take steps to move forward with some of the items that require additional time and involvement. Councilmember Holmes clarified that the first step after accepting the plan is the design standards. She asked if the design standards that would be reviewed were the design standards listed in the draft. Community Development Director Lehnhoff clarified that the design standards in the draft document would be the standards reviewed. Councilmember Holmes clarified that the Planning Commission would review the wording in the document. Community Development Director Lehnhoff stated that it was not likely that all the wording would be adopted into a zoning code. He also stated that a reference in the zoning code to the master plan as a guide for the development of this area could be added. Councilmember Holmes asked for clarification if some of the standards would be in the zoning code and some of them would only be guidelines and how the difference would be known. Community Development Director Lehnhoff stated that some of the standards would be adopted into the City's zoning code and others would be guidelines. He also stated that the differences would be noted in the document. Councilmember Holmes asked what the timellne is for the reVIew of these standards. Community Development Director Lehnhoff stated that if the document is approved tonight then the design standards will be before the Planning Commission in November and then before the City Council at the end of November for approval. He stated that the moratorium is set to expire on December 5, 2008 and Staff would like to have these standards implemented before the moratorium expires.