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CONSENT ITEM 5C _________________________________________________________________________________________ City of Arden Hills City Council Meeting for March 28, 2016 P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2016\PC 16-001 - Rezoning - CD_POS_CC\Memos_Reports_16-001 Page 1 of 4 DATE: March 28, 2016 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers Sue Iverson, Acting City Administrator FROM: Ryan Streff, City Planner SUBJECT: Planning Case #16-001 Request: Zoning Code Amendment – Rezoning – Conservation District, Parks and Open Space District, and Civic Center District Requested Action 1) Motion to approve Ordinance Number 2016-005 in Planning Case 16-001 for an amendment to Chapter 13, Section 1315.01 (Official Zoning Map) of the Arden Hills City Code related to the proposed Conservation District, Parks and Open Space District, and Civic Center District rezoning, based on the findings of fact, as presented in the March 28, 2016, Report to the City Council. 2) Motion to approve publishing a Summary of Ordinance Number 2016-005 (4/5 vote required). Background In April of 2014, the City Council began the process of rezoning the land owned by the federal government east of the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (TCAAP) known as the Arden Hills Army Training Site (AHATS). At that time, four parcels or approximately 2/3 of the AHATS property was rezoned to Conservation District (CD) in order for the City’s Zoning Map (Attachment B) to correspond with the approved Future Land Use Map (Attachment C). The remaining parcels, adjacent to the eastern half of the TCAAP site, to be rezoned to either Conservation District or Park and Open Space District, were not included in the rezoning in 2014, as Ramsey County was working with the federal government to purchase some of these lands to be incorporated into their park system. Three additional properties, to the north of MEMORANDUM