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City of Arden Hills Planning Commission Meeting for December 7, 2016 P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2016\PC 16-025 - TCAAP Comprehensive Plan Amendment and TRC Amendment\Memos_Reports_16-024\PC Report_(12-7-16)_16-024.docx Page 2 of 12 The Master Development Team has met in a series of work sessions with the City Council beginning in August 2016 to present their Master Plan for the site. In order to implement this plan, the Developer has identified areas within the TCAAP Redevelopment Code and Regulating Plan that would need to be amended. The changes to the zoning regulations would also necessitate a corresponding amendment to certain sections of the Comprehensive Plan. Comprehensive Plan Amendment The Comprehensive Plan is a policy document that reflects the City’s value system and creates a framework for the future by providing an overall vision for the City. As a guiding tool, the Plan provides a system for measuring progress and direction for setting priorities in key areas critical to the efficient functioning of a community, such as land use, housing, transportation, and public facilities. The Comprehensive Plan is implemented through land use and development regulations, the budgeting process, and community and economic development programs. A City has broad discretion when reviewing a proposed amendment to its Comprehensive Plan, and it should consider whether the proposal forwards the general goals of the plan. Chapter 5: Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (TCAAP) Property Goal: Develop TCAAP in a way that accommodates a mix of land uses that is sensitive to the natural environment, economically sustainable, and a benefit to the community. Chapter 6: Land Use Goal: Develop and maintain a land use pattern that strengthens the vitality, quality, and character of our residential neighborhoods, commercial districts, and industrial areas while protecting the community’s natural resources and developing a sustainable pattern for future development. Beyond these broad goals, the City adopted specific language into its 2015 Comprehensive Plan Amendment that acknowledged that the City would likely modify the Comprehensive Plan and Master Land Use Plan after a Master Developer was selected in consultation with that developer’s plans. Section 6.4.7 TCAAP Redevelopment: Though the Master Land Use Plan establishes a proposed allocation of the various uses throughout the TCAAP area and illustrates the current preferred development pattern for the area, the City remains open to considering proposals from its partners or eventual developers for modifications to the Master Land Use Plan that propose different locations for the allocated uses, or on its own initiative to consider amendments to the adopted plan as development occurs or circumstances change in order to promote high quality development of the area consistent with City goals and this Plan. As part of the Comprehensive Plan Amendment, changes to the Future Land Use Map are requested for the designations Neighborhood Residential, Town Center, Retail Mixed-Use,