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City of Arden Hills City Council Meeting for April 22, 2019 P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2019\19-003 Bethel Sci Addition - SP\Memos Reports Page 2 of 5 Bethel University anticipates the project will be built in five phases. The first and second phases would include interior renovations to the existing building to support the proposed addition and the proposed addition. Construction would take place between summer 2019 and summer 2021. Phases three, four, and five would involve interior renovations of exi sting buildings and is anticipated to begin once the proposed addition is constructed and occupied. The current schedule is to complete the proposed addition and all interior renovations by Fall 2023. During the Master Plan Amendment process, the Applicant received approval for general site design, building locations, and building heights. The Variance granted at the March 26, 2018 City Council Meeting allows the building addition to encroach 32 feet into the Lake Valentine ordinary high water level setbacks. The minimum structure setback from the ordinary high water level of Valentine Lake is 150 feet. The proposed addition to the Academics Common building would be located 118 feet from the ordinary high water level and is consistent with the previously approved variance. The proposed addition meets all other setback requirements. The City Council approval of the CUP Amendment and Variance in March 2018 also required Bethel University to provide vegetative screening or other type of buffer along the Valentine Lake shoreline. The proposed Landscape Plan includes six trees that will be planted between the shores of Lake Valentine and the building addition. An existing large oak tree located between the building addition and the shores of Lake Valentine will remain and be protected throughout construction, preserving existing screening. To ensure the materials match the existing building, staff is requiring the Applicant to provide a materials board prior to the issuance of a building permit. The proposed addition is utilizing the same materials as the existing Academic Commons building and the overall design of the proposed