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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 4 of 13 If the City approves the CPA, one of the conditions of approval will be that the project is contingent on final approval from the Metropolitan Council. The request for the Future Land Use Map amendment will need to be submitted to the Metropolitan Council by the City. The Metropolitan Council then has 60 days to review the application, though due to the small size of the project and the lack of negative impacts, the City will be requesting a shortened review timeline of 14 days. Once the Metropolitan Council completes their review, they will notify the City of their decision. If the CPA is approved, the applicant can move forward with filing the Final Plat and applying for development permits. The City must also allow adjacent governments, affected special districts, and affected school districts up to 60 days to review the comprehensive plan amendment. This waiting period allows interested parties to review and comment on the amendment before Metropolitan Council review. However, the Metropolitan Council may prescribe a shorter review and comment period for “minor plan amendments” or may waive the review and comment period if a minor plan amendment involves lands that are not contiguous to other local governmental units. 2. Chapter 11, Subdivision Regulations Review A. Street Plan & Streets All seven (7) lots will have access from County Road E2 through four (4) access points. Limiting driveways from County Road E2 is accomplished by incorporating shared access from the County roadway. Every other property would share an access with the neighboring property, except the easternmost lot would have its own individual access from County Road E2. All other requirements pertaining to street access, driveway locations and the finished grade of these facilities are met by the proposed plans. B. Easements City subdivision regulations require twelve (12) foot wide utility and drainage easements dedicated to the City along the right-of-way and centered on common lot lines. The plat includes twelve (12) foot utility and drainage easements that are centered on the common lot lines throughout the development and a twelve (12) foot easement along the County Road E2 right-of-way and along the northern property line adjacent to Tony Schmidt Regional Park. The easements in these areas meet the City’s subdivision regulations. All utility and drainage easements will be dedicated to the public as required by the Subdivision Code. In addition, a sixty-eight (68) foot park, trail, and recreational easement has been provided by the applicant to the Ramsey County Parks and Recreation Department for the purpose of a future trail connection through the wetland complex in Tony Schmidt Regional Park. This easement area is located across the western portion of proposed Lot 1.