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Page 2 of 9 In November 2012, the Arden Hills City Council and Ramsey County Board approved a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) which establishes a partnership between the City and County with the goal of the remediation and productive reuse of the 427-acre Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (TCAAP) site. Key points of the JPA are as follows:  JDA members include two County Commissioners, two City Council members, and an additional non-elected City appointee.  The County purchased the site from the U.S. Government and is working to remediate the site to a residential standard including the demolition of remaining buildings. The County will recover its costs for acquisition and remediation from land sale proceeds.  The City has prepared an Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) and Master Plan. The Master Plan will be approved by both the City and the County and will be implemented by the Joint Development Authority (JDA). The City will recover its costs for the AUAR and Master Plan through development fees.  The County is responsible for the construction of a Spine Road connecting Highway 96 and County Road H. The City is responsible for construction of trunk utilities. The City and County will cooperate on construction of any necessary regional stormwater ponding. The City will be reimbursed for its infrastructure expenditures through special assessments to developers and/or property owners. The site will also contain a system of wet and dry utilities that will be constructed within the proposed County Road corridor. The City of Arden Hills will construct the public utilities (water, sanitary and storm sewer), while right of way will be made available for private utilities (gas, electric, and telecommunications). The City will be reimbursed for its infrastructure expenditures through special assessments to developers and/or property owners. All utilities are required to be installed underground per the City of Arden Hills Zoning Code (Section 1320.135). Regional stormwater management and wetland mitigation facilities will be developed on site to manage runoff, provide treatment, and to serve as an integral amenity/green corridor within the planned development. The City of Arden Hills is working with Kimley-Horn and Associates, LLC, to work on various planning tools. A draft Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) has been completed, and can be found at (www.cityofardenhills.org/documentcenter/view/859). A TCAAP Master Plan is in final stages of approval; information can be found at http://mn-ardenhills.civicplus.com/index.aspx?NID=373. The City expects to complete Regulations & Policies for the TCAAP site by early 2015. Description of proposed project The successful Responder to this RFP will produce one white paper to inform the City’s Regulations and Policies for the TCAAP Site, and one final Energy Integration and Framework document, which can inform development decisions in relation to energy. Local governments have a range of potential opportunities to facilitate implementation of wise energy use through zoning, regulations, ordinances, policies and programs. An integrated energy system is one that combines aspects of multiple systems and technologies to achieve greater efficiencies than any single system could solely achieve. Integrated energy systems can help solve the challenges that prevent a renewable energy technology from reaching its full potential, thereby making it more viable and cost- effective. The work described in this RFP will inform policy, strategic and technical decisions related to development of the TCAAP site over the next 50 years.