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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION—JUNE 8, 2015 2 housing, transportation, and public facilities. The Comprehensive Plan is implemented through land use and development regulations, the budgeting process, and community and economic development programs. City Planner Streff reported that the Arden Hills 2030 Comprehensive Plan was officially approved in September 2009. While the Plan was being prepared, the City was also engaged in a community planning process to better define how excess land on the TCAAP property should be redeveloped. Since a final plan was not approved at the time the Comprehensive Plan was adopted, the Plan only included an overall vision for the redevelopment and preliminary elements of the potential reuse plan. The intent was for the City to amend the Comprehensive Plan once a final TCAAP redevelopment plan was approved so that any required data, such as future land use designations, housing densities, transportation infrastructure, and parks and open space resources, could be included in the relevant chapters of the Comprehensive Plan. City Planner Streff explained that since April 2013, the City has been working on a Master Plan for the 427-acre TCAAP parcel purchased by Ramsey County. This Master Plan is comprised of three components: the Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) and Mitigation Plan, the TCAAP Redevelopment Code (TRC), and the Regulating Plan. The AUAR was approved by the City Council in the summer of 2014, and preliminary approval was given to the TRC and Regulating Plan on May 26, 2015. Together, these documents represent the community's long- term vision for the TCAAP redevelopment site. The Comprehensive Plan Amendment will reflect the policies, goals, and data included in the separate components of the Master Plan as well as document the community planning process the City has undertaken over the past two years. City Planner Streff stated that on July 8th the Planning Commission is tentatively scheduled to hold the official public hearings for the Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPA) and approval of the TCAAP Redevelopment Code (TRC). During the amendment process, there are sections of the Comprehensive Plan that will require updates to ensure compatibility with the TCAAP Master Plan. He reported that staff has begun work on making the necessary revisions to the Comprehensive Plan and that a redlined version of the draft updates were provided to the Council in the agenda packet. He noted that Chapters 5, 6, 7, and 9 and Appendix H will be discussed tonight. He stated that the focus of the work session on June 15th will be on the amendments to the Comprehensive Plan related to transportation and infrastructure (Chapters 11 and 13). Staff reviewed the proposed Code Amendment changes and discussed the CPA timeline. City Administrator Klaers commented that the wetlands did not show up on the new zoning map. City Planner Streff reported that this layer would be added back into the map. Mayor Grant requested clarification on which land use map would be moving forward. City Planner Streff discussed Attachment C and the proposed land use map that would be moving on to the Metropolitan Council for review. Councilmember Woodburn asked if the net density in Chapter 6 should be clarified.