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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 9 of 13 Minnesota Department of Transportation, Rice Creek Watershed District, and Ramsey County as required by the Metropolitan Council. Findings of Fact: The Planning Commission reviewed Planning Case 15-004 at their regular meeting on March 4, 2015. Draft minutes from the meeting are included in Attachment A. The Planning Commission offers the following findings of fact for consideration: General Findings: 1. The proposed Valentine Bluff subdivision is comprised of 4.77 acres. 2. The proposed Valentine Bluff subdivision property located at 1941 County Road E2 is currently zoned R-1 Single Family Residential and the property located at 1901 County Road E2 is currently zoned N-B Neighborhood Business. 3. The Valentine Bluff subdivision is proposed as R-2 Single & Two Family Residential. 4. The R-2 Single & Two Family Residential District permits up to five (5) units per acre. 5. The proposed Valentine Bluff development is proposed at 1.54 units per acre. 6. The Valentine Bluff subdivision property currently has the land use designations of Public & Institutional and Neighborhood Business in the City’s 2030 Comprehensive Plan. 7. The applicant is proposing to re-plat the property into seven (7) single-family lots. 8. The applicant is proposing to construct seven (7) single-family homes. 9. No new streets will be constructed as a result of this development. 10. The proposed development requires park dedication. 11. The park dedication requirement for this application is six percent of the land in dedication or a fee of six percent of the purchased price or some combination thereof. The current purchase agreement between Landmark of Arden Hills, LLC (Developer/Purchaser), and Bethel University (Owner/Seller) indicates a purchase price of $856,000 for the two properties. Based on the purchase price the park dedication if paid in a fee would be $51,360. 12. As currently designed the proposed plan is not in conformance with the City’s 2030 Comprehensive Plan in regards to the land use classifications; the property at 1941 County Road E2 is guided for Public & Institutional and the property at 1901 County Road E2 is guided for Neighborhood Business. 13. The development plan would require that both properties be re-zoned to R-2 Single & Two Family Residential District and designated in the Comprehensive Plan as Very Low Density Residential.