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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION – April 15, 2020 7 Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla reviewed the proposed language change in further detail and recommend the Planning Commission recommend approval of the 2040 Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment base don the findings of fact and the report submitted to the Planning Commission on April 15, 2020. Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla reviewed the options available to the Planning Commission on this matter: 1. Recommend Approval with Conditions 2. Recommend Approval as Submitted 3. Recommend Denial 4. Table Chair Gehrig opened the floor to Commissioner comments. Commissioner Lambeth clarified for the record, this was not a TCAAP project. He then commented on the history of the Comprehensive Plan and asked how the Met Council can deny a previously approved request before reviewing the City’s revised Comprehensive Plan. Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla explained the City was unable to submit the Summit Development request until the City received approval of the Comprehensive Plan, which occurred in February of 2020. After that time, the City submitted an amendment and the Met Council found the request to be inconsistent with the Comprehensive Plan given the fact the City does not have a policy to address the proposed density. For this reason, the City has to amend the Comprehensive Plan to include the new language. Commissioner Lambeth discussed the history of this project. He believed that because this project was approved last July by the City and the Met Council preliminarily approved the Comp Plan in last November, this was a retroactive enforcement of a rule that didn’t previously exist. He did not believe it was fair to the applicant to delay the project further. He objected to the way the Met Council has handled this matter. Commissioner Subramanian stated the City needs to consider what type of problems and projects the community will be facing in the future when it comes to high density developments. Chair Gehrig opened the public hearing at 7:50 p.m. Chair Gehrig invited anyone for or against the application to come forward and make comment. There being no comment Chair Gehrig closed the public hearing at 7:51 p.m. Commissioner Lambeth moved and Commissioner Jefferys seconded a motion to recommend approval of Planning Case 20-001 for a 2040 Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment, based on the findings of fact and the report submitted to the Planning Commission on April 15, 2020. A roll call vote was taken. The motion carried unanimously (7-0).