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2 I. Introduction Arden Hills is a community situated in Ramsey County approximately 8 miles north of the downtown areas of both Minneapolis and St. Paul. The City has an estimated population of 9,600 and over 12,000 employees. The City is home to Boston Scientific, Land O’Lakes, Bethel University and University of Northwestern. Arden Hills offers convenient freeway access to I-35W, I-694, Highway 51/Snelling, and Highway 10. Residents of Arden Hills enjoy a high quality of life with access to neighborhood and regional parks and trails, stable residential neighborhoods, and one of the highest ranking school districts in the State. Arden Hill is home to the former Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (TCAAP), which was in production from 1942 to 1976. In 2013, Ramsey County purchased a 427-acre parcel of the site from the U.S. Government to clean up and return to productive economic use. The City of Arden Hills approved a master redevelopment plan for the property in 2015, and completed an update to its 2030 Comprehensive Plan at that time. The redevelopment plan calls for a mix of commercial and residential uses around a town center area. The Joint Development Authority overseeing the project has selected a team comprised of Alatus LLC, Inland Development Partners, and Tradition Development Corporation to help guide overall residential and commercial development on the site. II. Scope of Services The City of Arden Hills is accepting proposals from qualified consultant firms to assist in updating its 2030 Comprehensive Plan. The City completed an extensive update to its Comprehensive Plan in 2015 to incorporate the master redevelopment plan for the TCAAP property. The City’s goal with this current update is to improve upon the existing plan only where needed. The City expects a more thorough update will be needed to the following components of the Comprehensive Plan: • Land Use. Arden Hills is a nearly fully developed community and as a result redevelopment pressure has increasingly become an issue in some of the City’s older commercial and industrial areas. The consultant firm will be asked to examine the Red Fox/Grey Fox/Lexington Avenue business area in particular. This area includes several light industrial/office buildings developed in the 1960s and 1970s that are becoming obsolete for modern business uses. Several large retail and commercial redevelopment projects have been completed along the adjacent Lexington Avenue corridor in recent years, both in Arden Hills and the adjacent Shoreview community, which is changing the characteristics and traffic patterns of the area. • Housing. Approximately 50 percent of the housing units in Arden Hills were constructed prior to 1974. As the City’s housing stock ages, there is an increasing need to adopt policies and programs that encourage property reinvestment. The City is seeking new and creative solutions to address housing maintenance and