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NEW BUSINESS – 8A City of Arden Hills City Council Meeting for March 30, 2015 P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2015\PC 15-004 - Valentine Bluff (1901 & 1941 County Road E2) - Preliminary and Final Plat, Rezoning and Comp Plan Amendment\Memos_Reports_15-004 Page 1 of 13 MEMORANDUM DATE: March 30, 2015 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers Patrick Klaers, City Administrator FROM: Ryan Streff, City Planner SUBJECT: Planning Case #15-004 Applicant: Landmark of Arden Hills, LLC Property Location: 1941 & 1901 County Road E2 Request: Preliminary & Final Plat, Rezoning, and Comprehensive Plan Amendment – Valentine Bluff Requested Action Motion to approve the Valentine Bluff redevelopment project in Planning Case 15-004 for a Preliminary & Final Plat, Rezoning, and Comprehensive Plan Amendment in order to subdivide the two (2) parcels of property into seven (7) single-family lots at 1941 & 1901 County Road E2, based on the findings of fact, submitted plans, and the nineteen (19) conditions in the March 30, 2015, Report to the City Council. Background Landmark of Arden Hills has a purchase agreement with Bethel University for approximately 4.77 acres of land consisting of two contiguous parcels at 1941 and 1901 County Road E2. The property at 1941 County Road E2 is the site of the former Ramsey County library, which closed in December of 2010. The Minnesota Baptist Conference occupied the facility at 1901 County Road E2 for a number of years beginning in the early 1970s, but this structure is also currently vacant. The applicant is requesting approval for a project that would result in the redevelopment of both properties for seven (7) single-family homes. The property at 1941 County Road E2 is zoned R-1 Single Family Residential and is guided for Public Institutional uses in the City’s 2030 Comprehensive Plan. The adjacent property at 1901 County Road E2 is now zoned N-B Neighborhood Business and is also guided for Neighborhood