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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — MARCH 20, 2023 14 without having to say the AUAR didn't address certain things such as Highway 96 when it gets down to Lexington Avenue. Mayor Grant clarified that the first scenario relates to the City zoning and says 1,500 housing units or less. The second says what happens if you go to 1,501. When Council put in 2,500 it was never anticipated that was a number they would get to. City Administrator Perrault stated that Master Plan and planning guidelines came to about $500,000, and the AUAR portion cost $97,000. Councilmember Fabel felt there were some components of the AUAR that needed to be looked at and clarified to facilitate the planning process for TCAAP. Mayor Grant said the AUAR only looks at intersections going into or out of TCAAP. Councilmember Holden said it wouldn't include Highway 96, that would be a whole different scope outside the AUAR system. Mayor Grant explained that traffic implications on a road like Hamlin Avenue wouldn't have been studied as part of the AUAR because the AUAR only looks at intersections going into and out of TCAAP. If they wanted to look at those impacts, that would be a whole new scope beyond the AUAR. Councilmember Fabel felt a study would have to be done to look at the traffic impact City Administrator Perrault suggested that they ask for an option to look outside of TCAAP and if it can be addressed at the same time as the AUAR process. Councilmember Monson said she would love to have a traffic study done on Highway 96 but her question would be about funding — could the County pay for that because it's their road? City Administrator Perrault stated the Community Development Director for Ramsey County has already said they could ask the Public Works Department to look at traffic scenarios along Highway 96 and with Lexington Avenue. Councilmember Monson said she supported moving the AUAR updates up to 2023. She would like to include a Highway 96 traffic study to go through the County in coordination with the AUAR. Councilmember Holden said it took four months to update the AUAR last time, she thought it would take six to eight months to update the entire AUAR. Councilmember Fabel said the idea is that the AUAR be updated at the same time as TCAAP planning is going forward. Councilmember Holden asked if they were going to feed them information as to how to update the AUAR based on the information they give them?