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<br />City of Arden Hills <br />City Council Meeting for May 22, 2019 <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2018\PC 18-014 - Mounds View School District - 1900 & 1901 Lake Valentine <br />Road\Memos Reports <br />Page 6 of 12 <br /> <br /> <br />Pedestrian Crossing Improvements: <br />Staff and City consultants met with the Applicant on Wednesday, May 15, 2019, to discuss the <br />pedestrian crossing and safety improvements on Lake Valentine Road. A number of options <br />were discussed, including the positives and potential issues associated with each. It was <br />determined more study is required to identify a long-term solution. The intent is to complete <br />the study this summer and formalize construction plans prior to December 2019, with <br />permanent solutions scheduled for construction in the summer of 2020. The City’s consultant, <br />WSB, is reviewing the traffic study and will provide comments to be addressed by the School <br />District’s engineer. Once the study is complete staff will provide an update to City Council. <br /> <br />Findings of Fact <br /> <br />The Planning Commission reviewed Planning Case 18-014 at their regular meeting on May 8, <br />2019. The Planning Commission offers the following findings of fact for consideration: <br /> <br />1. The property located at 1900 Lake Valentine Road is designed for Public and Institutional <br />uses on the 2040 Land Use Plan map. <br />2. The property located at 1901 Lake Valentine Road is designated for Low Density <br />Residential uses on the 2040 Land Use Plan map. <br />3. The properties located at 1900 and 1901 Lake Valentine Road are located in the R-1 Single <br />Family Residential District. <br />4. The R-1 district is consistent with the existing and proposed Public and Institutional <br />designation. <br />5. The Applicant has proposed a Master Planned Unit Development in order to include <br />noncontiguous parcels as a single use. Other components of the proposal are classroom and <br />gymnasium additions, reconfiguration of the bus parking lot and the staff and student <br />parking lots, and reconfiguration of athletic fields. <br />6. The Applicant has submitted a Master and Final Planned Unit Development. <br />7. The Master PUD is generally consistent with the requirements of the City Code. <br />8. Where the plan is not in conformance with the City Code, flexibility has been requested by <br />the Applicant and/or conditions have been placed on an approval that would mitigate the <br />nonconformity. <br />9. Flexibility through the PUD process has been requested in the following areas: planting <br />island coverage, tree replacement, building height, and wall signage. <br />10. The proposed development plan exceeds the minimum requirements of the City Code in <br />the following areas: lot size, building coverage, landscape coverage, setbacks, street trees, <br />perennials and shrubs, tree selection, lighting, screening, location and number of parking <br />stalls, aesthetics and freestanding signs. <br />11. The Master PUD is in conformance with the draft Arden Hills 2040 Comprehensive Plan, <br />as proposed to be amended. The properties at 1900 and 1901 Lake Valentine Road are <br />zoned R-1, Single Family Residential. Compatible uses such as educational campuses are <br />also intended for this zoning district.