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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION-JULY 22, 2009 10 Community Development Director Lehnhoff stated he has spoken with the Met Council about a possible Comprehensive Plan amendment for the site and that they would need roughly 60-120 days to review and approve any changes. He further reviewed the procedure at the City level indicating the Comprehensive Plan would need a public hearing at the Planning Commission level along with Council approval Mayor Harpstead indicated he would be against changing the Comprehensive Plan to open space, but may support a change if it included some type of residential. The Council reviewed the current land uses on the TCAAP site with staff defining each use within the current comprehensive language. Councilmember Holmes expressed concern that the site was zoned I-2, when that was the only use the Council did not want. Mayor Harpstead indicated if the Council was able to make a change before the bidder's package, the safe comment would be that the City will bring the zoning - into compliance with the Comprehensive Plan. Councilmember Holden asked if the Council could accomplish this approval in 120 days. She strongly urged the Council to review an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan at a future meeting. Councilmember Grant stated he predicted the property would be purchased by a single owner with two different entities on the site, one with a commercial focus and the other with residential. Councilmember Holden stated she would gather information from MnDOT to review the capacity issues on County Road H. Mayor Harpstead questioned what action steps could be taken for Plan B. City Administrator Moorse suggested that the zoning information within the bidders' package would be brought into conformance with the Comprehensive Plan for the property. The Council was in agreement with this suggestion. Mayor Harpstead asked if staff spoke with the GSA to set up a schedule of phone calls.