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<br />City of Arden Hills <br />Planning Commission Meeting for April 3, 2019 <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2019\19-003 Bethel Sci Addition - SP\Memos Reports <br /> <br />Page 1 of 8 <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: April 3, 2019 PC Agenda Item 3.C <br />TO: Planning Commission Chair and Commissioners <br /> <br />FROM: Mike Mrosla, City Planner <br /> Sarah Strain, Consultant Planner <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Planning Case #19-003 <br /> Applicant: Bethel University <br />Property Location: 3900 Bethel Drive <br />Request: Site Plan Review <br /> <br /> <br />Requested Action <br /> <br />The Bethel University has submitted an application for Site Plan Review. The Applicant is <br />requesting approval of a new 20,000 square foot addition to the Academic Commons Building. <br />The property is located at3900 Bethel Drive. The property is zoned Institutional District and is <br />guided as Public and Institutional on the Land Use Plan. <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />1. Overview of Request: <br /> <br />At their March 26, 2018 meeting, the City Council approved the Amended Conditional Use Permit <br />(CPU) and Master Plan Amendment and Variance Approval Agreement for a 20,000 square foot <br />addition to the Academic Commons building at Bethel University. As a condition of approval, the <br />proposed addition required Site Plan approval. <br /> <br />The proposed addition is a component of a larger, phased project Bethel University is planning for <br />the Academic Commons and Lundquist Community Life Center buildings. The proposed plan <br />would include 45,000 gross square feet of renovations within the existing Academic Commons <br />building and a new 20,000 gross square foot addition on the northwest corner of the building on <br />an existing small parking lot. The addition would match the height of the existing three-story <br />Academic Commons building. The proposed renovations and addition are needed to support <br />science academic programs on the campus. <br />