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AGENDA ITEM – 1A <br /> <br />City of Arden Hills <br />City Council Work Session Meeting for June 8, 2015 <br /> <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2015\PC 15-015 - TCAAP CPA & TRC\Memos_Reports <br />Page 1 of 4 <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: June 8, 2015 <br /> <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br /> Patrick Klaers, City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: Ryan Streff, City Planner <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPA) Discussion <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />This item has been prepared to provide background on the Comprehensive Plan Amendment <br />(CPA) process in preparation for the public hearing on the CPA for the TCAAP redevelopment <br />project. The report below outlines the specific chapters of the Comprehensive Plan requiring <br />amendments in order to reflect the changes suggested by the TCAAP Master Plan, provides a <br />timeline for City review and approval of the CPA and TCAAP Redevelopment Code (TRC), and <br />discusses the Metropolitan Council review process. <br /> <br /> <br />Discussion <br /> <br />The Comprehensive Plan is a policy document that reflects the City’s value system and creates a <br />framework for the future by providing an overall vision for the City. As a guiding tool, the Plan <br />provides a system for measuring progress and direction for setting priorities in key areas critical <br />to the efficient functioning of a community, such as land use, housing, transportation, and public <br />facilities. The Comprehensive Plan is implemented through land use and development <br />regulations, the budgeting process, and community and economic development programs. <br /> <br />The Arden Hills 2030 Comprehensive Plan was officially approved in September 2009. While <br />the Plan was being prepared, the City was also engaged in a community planning process to <br />better define how excess land on the TCAAP property should be redeveloped. Since a final plan <br />was not approved at the time the Comprehensive Plan was adopted, the Plan only included an <br />overall vision for the redevelopment and preliminary elements of the potential reuse plan. The <br />intent was for the City to amend the Comprehensive Plan once a final TCAAP redevelopment <br />plan was approved so that any required data, such as future land use designations, housing