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_____________________________________________________________________________________________ City of Arden Hills City Council Meeting for March 20, 2017 P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2017\PC 17-006 - Higher Education Study\CC Packet_03202017_17-006\Memo.docx Page 11 of 11  Do the purpose statements and uses within the zoning districts match the existing businesses that are operating within these districts? The Planning Commission did observe that the I-1 and I-2 zoning districts have very similar purposes and uses, but that the existing businesses are quite different. The I-1 district is the area generally located north of I-694 and between Lexington and Hamline Avenues. This I-1 area has office uses like Lake O’Lakes and Gradient, research such as Boston Scientific and has even been consider for retail with the proposed Bremer Bank renovation. The only I-2 properties in Arden Hills are the Scherer Bros. Lumber at US Highway 10 and I-35W and the railroad spur to the south of Scherer Bros. The Planning Commission discussed that the uses in these two districts should be reviewed so that I-1 has more office and less industrial and opposite for the I-2 district. Requested Action 1. That the City Council provides any direction or guidance to the Planning Commission regarding the scope and extent of effort for the Higher Education Study. 2. Review the Campus Master Plans, Universities’ Missions and the Purpose Statement and Uses within the business and industrial zoning districts. Provide comments or direction to the Planning Commission regarding this information. Attachments A. Ordinance No. 2016-008 B. Bethel University 2012 Campus Master Plan Map C. University of Northwestern 2007 Campus Master Plan Map D. Business and Industrial District Purpose Statements E. Arden Hills Land Use Chart F. Arden Hills Zoning Map