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____________________________________________________________________________________________ City of Arden Hills Planning Commission Meeting for January 6th, 2021 P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2020\20-022 New Perspectives Senior Living - CUP, PUD, SP, ZCA\PC Packets Page 4 of 17 x Housing Goal Policy: Encourage the incorporation of affordable and life-cycle housing into new development and redevelopment where feasible. The proposed development provides residents with another opportunity to age in the community. The proposed development provides life-cycle housing as it offers independent senior housing and transitional care into more intense care. Residents won’t need to relocate to different units as they can add additional services to their unit as they need them. However, if a resident requires memory care they will be asked to relocate to a memory care suite. The suites are specially designed to accommodate the resident’s needs. In addition, the Land Use Plan discusses the “Guiding Plan for the B-2 District”. In March 2008, the City completed a visioning and planning process for the B-2 District, which generally includes the properties near County Road E between Lexington Avenue and Hamline Avenue/Highway 51. The “Guiding Plan for the B-2 District” is a long-term vision for the future redevelopment of this corridor. The plan states as this corridor ages, market-initiated redevelopment is anticipated. The plan also discusses the need for senior housing in the community and recommends that any new construction of senior housing within the B-2 district be built as a combination of senior housing types (independent care, assisted living and memory case) to form of a senior campus such as this proposal. Park and Recreation Goal Policies: x Develop, maintain, and encourage the use of a system of neighborhood parks and pathways that are safe and engaging, including connecting neighborhood paths to regional paths, and connecting neighborhoods, parks and other destinations through a City-wide path system. The Bethel Anderson Center property has numerous existing trails throughout the property. The existing trails are private and were not previously dedicated to the public nor were they required to be available to the public as part of the development’s approval. However, during the 2013 CUP approvals Bethel committed to continue to share these trails with the community and that agreement will not be modified as a part of this proposal. As part of this development application the developer we be removing the existing trail and reconstructing a public trail connection shown in green on the following image (Attachment D).