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City of Arden Hills <br />Planning Commission Meeting for October 9, 2019 <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2019\19-012 - Presbyterian Homes - SP, VA\Memos Reports <br />Page 1 of 6 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />DATE:October 9, 2019 PC Agenda Item 3B <br />TO: Planning Commission Chair and Commissioners <br />FROM: Joe Hartmann, Associate Planner <br />SUBJECT: Planning Case #19-012 – No Public Hearing Required <br />Applicant: Patrick McChesney, Presbyterian Homes <br />Property Location: 3200 Lake Johanna Blvd <br />Request: Site Plan Review <br />Requested Action <br />Patrick McChesney of Presbyterian Homes (“The Applicant”) is requesting site plan review for a <br />proposed project on 3200 Lake Johanna Blvd (‘The Subject Property”) to install an Emergency <br />Power Supply System (EPSS) on site. <br />Background <br />1.Overview of Request <br />Johanna Shores is multi-unit senior living community located on Lake Johanna Blvd and County <br />Road D that has been operating continuously since 1955. The site is comprised of 410 units in a <br />mix of independent senior apartments, assisted living units, memory care units, hospice units, and <br />McKnight Care Center. The 22-acre parcel was approved for a Planned Unit Development (PUD) <br />in 2010 under Resolution 10-067 to allow for greater flexibility with height and density <br />requirements to accommodate the 410 units on the site. The Applicant is requesting a site plan <br />review for the installation of a proposed EPSS to be located on a concrete pad outside the physical <br />plant on the north side of the property. <br />The Applicant indicated in their application that the proposal will replace two existing EPSSs that <br />service the Subject Property with a single diesel-fueled EPSS. The existing equipment that would <br />be replaced are a diesel-fueled EPSS with an underground tank and a natural gas-fueled EPSS. <br />The two existing EPSS's are located inside a room adjacent to the physical plant on the rear on the <br />building as shown on the image below. The proposed replacement EPSS would be located outside <br />the physical plant on the north side of the campus adjacent to Sandeen Road.