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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION – March 7, 2018 9 <br /> <br />the seven (7) conditions in the March 7, 2018, Report to the Planning Commission. The <br />motion carried unanimously (4-0). <br /> <br />D. Planning Case 18-004; TCAAP – Preliminary and Final Plat – Public Hearing <br /> <br />City Planner Bachler stated Ramsey County has requested approval of a Preliminary Plat and <br />Final Plat for the approximately 427-acre TCAAP site, also referred to as Rice Creek Commons. <br />The TCAAP site is in the northwest corner of the City located to the east of U.S. Highway 10 and <br />I-35W, north of Highway 96, west of the Arden Hills Army Training Site, and south of County <br />Road I. <br /> <br />City Planner Bachler explained the purpose of the plat is to define an accurate boundary of the <br />property and to simplify the current legal description. Several large road and infrastructure <br />projects have recently been completed on or adjacent to the property and the platting process will <br />allow for the transfer of these portions of the property to public agencies. <br /> <br />City Planner Bachler commented two large outlots would also be created for the future Rice <br />Creek Commons development. These outlots would be further subdivided and replatted at the <br />time of the future development. The current platting process is not associated with any specific <br />development on the site. <br /> <br />City Planner Bachler reported future subdivisions of Outlot A and Outlot C within the Rice <br />Creek Commons development area will be reviewed by the TCAAP Joint Development <br />Authority (JDA) in accordance with the TCAAP Redevelopment Code. The JDA Board consists <br />of two members from the Arden Hills City Council, two members from the Ramsey County <br />Board of Commissioners, and one appointed resident from Arden Hills who serves as the JDA <br />Chair. <br /> <br />City Planner Bachler reviewed the Plan Evaluation and offered the following Findings of Fact <br />for review: <br /> <br />1. The former Twin Cities Army Ammunitions Plant (TCAAP) site is in the northwest <br />corner of the City located to the east of U.S. Highway 10 and I-35W, north of Highway <br />96, west of the Arden Hills Army Training Site, and south of County Road I. <br />2. Ramsey County has requested a Preliminary Plat and Final Plat of the TCAAP site in <br />order to define the boundary of the property, simplify the legal description of the <br />property, transfer right-of-way and land to public agencies for recently completed road <br />and infrastructure projects, and to create two large outlots to be further subdivided and <br />replatted in the future for the Rice Creek Commons development. <br />3. The current platting process is not associated with any specific development on the site. <br />4. The future subdivision and replatting of Outlot A and Outlot C for the Rice Creek <br />Commons development would be evaluated at that time based on all applicable <br />provisions and regulations in the City Code and the TCAAP Redevelopment Code. <br />5. The proposed Preliminary Plat and Final Plat are consistent with the Arden Hills Zoning <br />Map and the 2030 Comprehensive Plan. <br /> <br />City Planner Bachler stated based on the submitted plans and the findings of fact, staff <br />recommends approval of Planning Case 18-004 for a Preliminary Plat and Final Plat for the