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EDC – Arden Hills July 26, 2017 Page 2 K:\03455-150\Admin\Docs\Arden Hills Memos\WSB Memo 07262017 Final.docx • Analysis of the Employment and Economic Activity that results from the allowed Commercial and Employment Uses including Potential Spending by Students. • Analysis of existing parcels and buildings within the Commercial and Industrial zones. • Property Taxes Paid by Commercial and Industrial Properties The Planning Commission and Economic Development Commission have over the last few months reviewed the technical analysis of the first five components and, based on the discussions, some potential outcomes are described in the executive summary of the study. The sixth subject, the property taxes paid by commercial and industrial properties, was requested to be added by the Planning Commission and has not yet been review by the City Council or any other City commission. Draft recommendations are included in the report based upon the discussions at the June 26, 2017 City Council Work Session and the July 5, 2017 Planning Commission meeting. These potential outcomes are in two separate topics: the regulation of higher education uses and the land use and economic development issues to be considered for inclusion in the 2040 Comprehensive Plan. Any amendments to the regulation of higher education uses should be ultimately approved by the City Council by October 9, 2017 before the moratorium expires. The land use and economic development issues will continue to be discussed as the City develops the Comprehensive Plan update, which is expected to be approved in the first quarter of 2018. Staff would request that the Economic Development Commission review the summary of the discussion from the June 26 City Council Work Session and July 5 Planning Commission meeting, provide suggestions on how to address the regulation of higher education uses within Arden Hills, and provide feedback on which land use and economic development topics from this study should be included in the City’s 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update. June 26 City Council Work Session On June 26, Planning Commission Chair Roberta Thompson presented the findings of the draft Higher Education Study dated June 21, 2017. The presentation included a potential outcome to replace the current “Schools, Higher Education” definition with a “College, Campus” and “College, Office” definition. The “College, Campus” use was proposed to be allowed as a conditional use in the R-1 and B-1 districts and the “College, Office” use was proposed to be a conditional use in the B-2, B-4, and CC districts. The City Council discussed this potential outcome and recommended some revisions. The City Council liked the idea of two separate definitions, but had some questions about the types of educational uses that would be considered a “College” and what a definition of “College, Office” would include. Based on that feedback, staff is proposing to change the titles of the two uses to: “Higher education, campus” and “Higher education, classroom/office”. The City Council recommended that the “Higher education, campus” use should have its own, separate, stand-alone zoning district. Staff suggested the creation of an “INST – Institutional” zoning district. The City Council recommended that the “Higher education, classroom/office” use be limited to less than the B-2, B-4, and CC zoning districts, but did not recommend any zoning district to remove that use from. The City Council did recommend that the “Higher education, classroom/office” use have a limitation on how much of a zoning district it can occup y.