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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL OCTOBER 28, 20138 City Planner Streff commented the property is located within the B-2 General Business District, where higher educational uses are permitted by conditional use permit. The property includes a five (5) story, 189,804 square foot multi-tenant office building, of which 181,432 is rentable. At this time approximately 75,000 square feet of the building is occupied by Country Financial and other tenants of the building. Approximately sixty percent (60%) of the building is currently vacant. According to the information provided by Bethel University the property would have a mixture of normal daytime office uses along with both daytime and evening classes. The University is planning for a mix of transportation modes to be used between the two campuses, including shuttle service, carpooling, personal vehicles, walking and biking. Shuttle services to and from the main campus would be provided to the students, guests, faculty and administration staff on a daily basis. A pedestrian and bicycle trail connecting the two campuses is also a desire of the University in order to provide safe routes for their entire student body. City Planner Streff reported daytime classes at the Pine Tree location would be held between the hours of 7:00 am and 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Evening classes would also be offered and would generally be between the hours of 5:00 pm and 9:00 pm, Monday through Thursday. Peak classroom usage, Monday through Friday, is between 350 and 500 students during daytime hours and peaks between 240 and 375 students during the evening hours, Monday through Thursday. As shown by the applicant, two scenarios have been developed to understand the use of the Pine Tree Campus in terms of its student, faculty and administrative populations. Scenario 1 indicates the likely use of the facility at full capacity would be 797 people/seats. This scenario accounts for 237 staff or faculty and 560 classroom seats. Scenario 2 suggests the maximum capacity of the facility would be 873 people/seats. This scenario indicates that 203 staff or faculty and 670 classroom seats would utilize the facility. City Planner Streff commented the current surface parking lot on the property consists of approximately 777 parking spaces, or roughly one (1) space per 260 square feet of gross building area. The zoning ordinance states that one (1) space per 250 square feet of gross floor area is required for business and professional office uses. Bethel has prepared a class scheduling analysis indicating how their staggered classroom usage mitigates the parking concern on the property. Site Data Future Land Use Plan: CMU: Commercial Mixed Use Existing Land Use: Commercial Zoning: B-2: General Business District Current Lot Sizes: 43.11 acres (3 Parcels - 2 Pine Tree Drive, 12 Pine Tree Drive, and 4300 Dunlap Street N) with an 189,804 square foot office building Topography: Relatively flat City Planner Streff reviewed the surrounding area, the Plan Evaluation and the Conditional Use Permit Evaluation Criteria. He provided the following Findings of Fact for review: General Findings: 1. The applicant is proposing a use of higher education for the facility located at 2 Pine Tree Drive.