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<br />_____________________________________________________________________________________________ <br />City of Arden Hills <br />City Council Meeting for March 20, 2017 <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2017\PC 17-009 - Lyngblomsten & North Heights Lutheran - Concept <br />Review\Memos_Reports_17-009\CC Memo (03-20-17)_17-009.docx <br /> <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />The main access to the site is from Highway 96 across from where the former Twin Cities Army <br />Ammunition Plant (TCAAP) spine road will be constructed and a second access onto Snelling <br />Avenue is located in the northeast corner of the site. Currently, the North Heights and Snelling <br />Avenue intersections with County Road 96 are both unsignalized but the North Heights <br />intersection is planned to become signalized with the construction of the TCAAP spine road. <br /> <br />The majority of the North Heights Lutheran Church property is zoned R-1 – Single Family <br />Residential with the 6 acres of the property at the US Hwy 10 and CSAH 96 interchange being <br />zoned B-1 – Limited Business. The property is guided for P/I – Public & Institutional in the <br />Comprehensive Plan. The former TCAAP redevelopment is planned to the north of the North <br />Heights site; there are existing single family neighborhoods to the east and west across US <br />Highway 10; and the Royal Hills Park is located directly to the south. <br /> <br /> North Heights <br />Lutheran <br />Church <br />Properties to <br />the North <br />Properties to <br />the South <br />Properties <br />to the East <br />Properties to <br />the West <br />Zoning R-1 and B-1 TRC – Flex <br />Office and <br />TRC – Retail <br />Mixed Use <br />Parks and <br />Open Space <br />District <br />R-1 R-1 <br />Comprehensive <br />Plan Land Use <br /> Public & <br />Institutional <br />Flex Office <br />and Retail <br />Mixed Use <br />(TCAAP) <br />Parks and <br />Open Space <br />Very Low <br />Density <br />Residential <br />and Low <br />Density <br />Residential <br />Low Density <br />Residential <br /> <br />Discussion <br /> <br />Lyngblomsten is considering purchasing the southern six plus (6+) acres of North Heights <br />Lutheran Church property for the construction of up to 200 units of senior housing comprised of <br />a full continuum for care from independent living, assisted living and memory/enhanced/skilled <br />nursing care. The building would also be occupied by 2nd Half with Lyngblomsten staff which <br />provides off-site services for individuals whom wish to continue living in their existing homes. <br />This area is currently wooded with a stormwater pond in the middle of the site and small <br />wetlands on the northern and southern edges of the site. <br /> <br />The senior housing is proposed to be constructed on the western portion of the new site and be <br />located to the south of the education wing and the southwest of the existing parking lot. The <br />building is proposed to be four stories with a pitched gable roof and will be divided into four <br />portions for the different stages of living. The center portion of the building will be “town <br />center” in which the main entrance and common areas such as dining, cinema, chapel, fitness