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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—January 25, 2010 2 2B. TCAAP Reuse and Public Sale Update (continued) Community Development Director James Lehnhoff stated the GSA met with the Army on Tuesday, January 12, 2010, to discuss the terms of the Invitation for Bid (IFB). Although no final - decisions were made at the meeting, the Army expressed concern about the proposed license/lease concept and its ability to ensure the timely and complete environmental remediation of the TCAAP property. No alternatives to the license/lease concept were selected during the meeting. According to the GSA, the Army had a positive response to the Ramsey County Trailhead proposal. This concept is still in the discussion process; however, the GSA indicated they would- discuss the idea with Ramsey County to identify a possible mechanism for transferring the requested property from the Army to Ramsey County. On January 19, the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners reviewed the proposed trail corridor. The Board unanimously approved several additions to the Rice Creek Regional Trail, authorized Ramsey County staff to prepare an amendment to the Rice Creek Regional Trail Master Plan, authorized staff to seek transfer of these properties from the GSA to Ramsey County either directly or through a Federal agency sponsor, and authorized staff to seek Congressional action, if necessary, to facilitate the environmental remediation and transfer of these properties to Ramsey County for regional trail purposes. Councilmember Holden stated she had information regarding the annexation of Arden Hills and the TCAAP property to Shoreview. She had an opportunity to meet with several Shoreview City Council Members. One Councilmember stated that they were only interested in TCAAP and they would not be interested in all of Arden Hills. They also stated they border TCAAP on two sides. Another Councilmember stated they were confused and did not know what was going on and they did not want their information coming from newspapers. She stated concerns that the Shoreview City Council did not have updated information from Arden Hills on what was going on regarding the TCAAP property. She asked if there were Mayor Updates at the monthly Mayor Meetings. Mayor Harpstead clarified that the Mayor Meetings were every other month and updates were provided at these meetings. Councilmember Holden stated the City of Shoreview does not border TCAAP anywhere so she does not understand the confusion with Shoreview. It was understood that AHATS is keeping the AHAT property and building a headquarters and barracks there. She asked if this was still the case. Community Development Director Lehnhoff stated this was still part of the National Guard's plan. Councilmember Holden stated TCAAP does not have access to Shoreview and Shoreview does not border TCAAP anywhere. She expressed concerns that the City Attorney and the State Representative have been approached regarding the annexation issue and the Arden Hills City Council just found out about this ten days ago. She had asked Acting City Administrator Iverson to request the minutes from the meetings Shoreview had discussing TCAAP since this was not on any of the agenda/minutes posted on their website. Shoreview has not responded to this request yet. She suggested that Community Development Director Lehnhoff go to Shoreview and provide