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AGENDA ITEM – 1A City of Arden Hills Joint City Council & Planning Commission Work Session Meeting for January 19, 2016 P:\Planning\Planning Commission\Work Plan\2016 Page 2 of 4 2016 Work Plan The Planning Commission differs from the City’s other committees and commissions in that the purpose and scope of the Commission’s work is largely determined by State Statute. The majority of the Planning Commission Work Plan is dedicated to continuing the work of evaluating and providing recommendations on land use applications, zoning code amendments, and other planning related items that come before the City. TCAAP Development Two tasks are included under the planning goals for the TCAAP development project: the drafting of the TCAAP Master Parks and Open Space Plan and completing amendments to the City Code to reflect the adoption of the TCAAP Redevelopment Code (TRC). The purpose of the Parks and Open Space Plan is to provide information on the location, size, design, and character of the planned parks, open space, and trails on TCAAP as identified in the City’s Comprehensive Plan. Staff will be working with the Planning Commission and the PTRC on the development of the TCAAP Master Parks and Open Space Plan. The City Council adopted the TRC as Section 1380 of the Zoning Code and rezoned the 427-acre TCAAP property based on the TRC Regulating Plan in July 2015. Staff will be reviewing the City Code and making necessary revisions to remove references to the previous zoning of TCAAP as Mixed Residential and Mixed Business and to ensure that the TRC and new zoning districts are correctly referenced throughout the City Code. The Planning Commission will be asked to review these proposed updates to the City Code. 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update Cities, townships, and counties in the seven-county metropolitan area are required by the Metropolitan Land Planning Act to update their Comprehensive Plans every 10 years. These updates are required to ensure consistency with the regional system plan that is prepared by the Metropolitan Council. The current 2030 Comprehensive Plan for Arden Hills was adopted on September 28, 2009. Since its adoption in 2009, only one major amendment was subsequently adopted by the City Council. The amendment in 2015, included updates for the future development of the 427-acre TCAAP site in order to align the Comprehensive Plan to the TCAAP Master Plan. The City of Arden Hills will commence a full update of its Comprehensive Plan over the next two years to ensure that a new 2040 Comprehensive Plan can be adopted in 2018. During this process the City will determine a public engagement strategy and gather public input, identify the components of the plan that need to be updated, evaluate changes to the Future Land Use Map, and draft the new plan.