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_________________________________________________________________________________________ <br />City of Arden Hills <br />Planning Commission Meeting for March 8, 2017 <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2017\PC 17-006 - Higher Education Study\Memos_Reports_17-006 <br /> <br />Page 1 of 10 <br /> <br />DATE: March 8, 2017 PC Agenda Item 4.A <br /> <br />TO: Planning Commission Chair Thompson and Commissioners <br /> <br />FROM: Eric Zweber, Interim City Planner <br />Hannah Rybak, Interim Planner <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Planning Case #17-006: Higher Education Moratorium Study <br /> <br /> <br />Requested Action <br /> <br />Review the Higher Education Study schedule; Bethel University and University of Northwestern <br />Campus Master Plans; and the current commercial and industrial zones’ purposes and uses. <br /> <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />On October 10, 2016, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2016-008 An Interim Ordinance <br />Temporarily Prohibiting Land Use Applications and Reviews for Higher Education Uses in <br />Residential, Business, Industrial and Other Zones (moratorium, Attachment A). The moratorium <br />can last up to one year to prepare a study to determine the impacts and benefits from higher <br />education land uses and provide recommendations for possible Zoning Code and/or <br />Comprehensive Plan amendments regarding higher education uses. The City Council discussed <br />at the December 19, 2016 Work Session that the study would involve the economic impact of <br />higher education uses within the commercial and employment zones and would be led by the <br />Planning Commission with the assistance of the Economic Development Commission. <br /> <br />Based on the direction given by the City Council, WSB and Associates has prepared a proposal <br />to conduct the planning and economic development study. The study is comprised of seven <br />components: <br />• Background gathering and analysis of the existing Campus Master Plans for the <br />University of Northwestern and Bethel University. <br />• Analysis of the Commercial and Employment Uses currently allowed in the various <br />Commercial and Industrial Zones. <br /> MEMORANDUM <br />