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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION – April 15, 2020 7 <br /> <br />6. The proposed amended language has been vetted and is supported by the Metropolitan <br />Council. <br /> <br />Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla reviewed the proposed language <br />change in further detail and recommend the Planning Commission recommend approval of the <br />2040 Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment base don the findings of fact and the report <br />submitted to the Planning Commission on April 15, 2020. <br /> <br />Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla reviewed the options available to <br />the Planning Commission on this matter: <br /> <br />1. Recommend Approval with Conditions <br />2. Recommend Approval as Submitted <br />3. Recommend Denial <br />4. Table <br /> <br />Chair Gehrig opened the floor to Commissioner comments. <br /> <br />Commissioner Lambeth clarified for the record, this was not a TCAAP project. He then <br />commented on the history of the Comprehensive Plan and asked how the Met Council can deny a <br />previously approved request before reviewing the City’s revised Comprehensive Plan. <br /> <br />Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla explained the City was unable to <br />submit the Summit Development request until the City received approval of the Comprehensive <br />Plan, which occurred in February of 2020. After that time, the City submitted an amendment <br />and the Met Council found the request to be inconsistent with the Comprehensive Plan given the <br />fact the City does not have a policy to address the proposed density. For this reason, the City has <br />to amend the Comprehensive Plan to include the new language. <br /> <br />Commissioner Lambeth discussed the history of this project. He believed that because this <br />project was approved last July by the City and the Met Council preliminarily approved the Comp <br />Plan in last November, this was a retroactive enforcement of a rule that didn’t previously exist. <br />He did not believe it was fair to the applicant to delay the project further. He objected to the way <br />the Met Council has handled this matter. <br /> <br />Commissioner Subramanian stated the City needs to consider what type of problems and <br />projects the community will be facing in the future when it comes to high density developments. <br /> <br />Chair Gehrig opened the public hearing at 7:50 p.m. <br /> <br />Chair Gehrig invited anyone for or against the application to come forward and make comment. <br /> <br />There being no comment Chair Gehrig closed the public hearing at 7:51 p.m. <br /> <br />Commissioner Lambeth moved and Commissioner Jefferys seconded a motion to <br />recommend approval of Planning Case 20-001 for a 2040 Comprehensive Plan Text <br />Amendment, based on the findings of fact and the report submitted to the Planning