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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION – JANUARY 17, 2017 7 <br /> <br />Mr. Roberts thanked the Council for their feedback. <br /> <br />C. Higher Education Moratorium Study Proposal <br /> <br />Interim City Planner Zweber stated on October 10, 2016, the City Council adopted Ordinance <br />No. 2016-008 An Interim Ordinance Temporarily Prohibiting Land Use Applications and Reviews <br />for Higher Education Uses in Residential, Business, Industrial and Other Zones (moratorium). The <br />moratorium can last up to one year to prepare a study to determine the impacts and benefits from <br />higher education land uses and provide recommendations for possible Zoning Code and/or <br />Comprehensive Plan amendments regarding higher education uses. The City Council discussed at <br />the December 19, 2016 Work Session that the study would involve the economic impact of higher <br />education uses within the commercial and employment zones and would be led by the Planning <br />Commission with the assistance of the Economic Development Commission. <br /> <br />Interim City Planner Zweber commented that based on the direction given by the City Council, <br />WSB and Associates has prepared a proposal to conduct the planning and economic development <br />study. The study is comprised of seven components: <br /> <br />• Background gathering and analysis of the existing Campus Master Plans for the University <br />of Northwestern and Bethel University. <br />• Analysis of the Commercial and Employment Uses currently allowed in the various <br />Commercial and Industrial Zones. <br />• Analysis of the Employment and Economic Activity that results from the allowed <br />Commercial and Employment Uses. <br />• The regulation of Higher Education Uses within other communities. <br />• Analysis of existing parcels and buildings within the Commercial and Industrial zones. <br />• Preparation of a Final Report. <br />• Zoning Code and Comprehensive Plan Amendments based on the Report’s <br />recommendations. <br /> <br />Interim City Planner Zweber reported the primary contributors to the study will be Eric Zweber, <br />Senior Planner, and Jim Gromberg, Economic Development Specialist. Eric Zweber has more <br />than 15 years of planning and zoning experience at multiple communities and Jim Gromberg has <br />more than 25 years of economic development experience, including most recently with the <br />Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). <br /> <br />Interim City Planner Zweber explained this scope of the study has a proposed total cost of <br />$30,000. The cost is broken out by individual costs within the proposal. The proposal also <br />includes a schedule that would implement any Zoning Code or Comprehensive Plan amendments <br />by September 2017, just before the moratorium would expire. Staff requests that the City Council <br />review the proposal and recommend any revisions to the scope of the proposal that are desired. If <br />the City Council is supportive of the scope of the proposal, then the proposal would be placed on <br />the February 13 City Council meeting for formal approval. Please take note that the proposed <br />schedule includes the Planning Commission beginning the study at their February 8 meeting. <br />Staff reviewed the proposed project timeline in further detail with the Council and requested <br />feedback. <br />
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