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Page 1 of 3 PUBLIC HEARING – 8D MEMORANDUM DATE: August 23, 2021 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers Dave Perrault, City Administrator FROM: Jessica Jagoe, Senior Planner SUBJECT: Planning Case #21-018 – Public Hearing Required Applicant: City of Arden Hills Request: Zoning Code Amendment – Chapter 13 – Section 1330.02 Subd. 1 Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: N/A N/A N/A Council Should Consider • Hold the required public hearing for Planning Case 21-018, an application for an amendment to the language in Section 1330.02 Subd. 1 of the Arden Hills City Code to amend the lake classification for Little Johanna from a Recreational Development Lake to a General Development Lake. The City Council will be asked to make a formal decision regarding the application under Agenda Item 9D. Background Earlier this year, the City Council had reviewed a variance request to construct an accessory structure near the shoreline along Lake Johanna and amended the Shoreland Regulations to permit accessory structures within the required structure setback from the ordinary high water level of up to 100 square feet in size and 8 feet in height. During those planning case reviews it was discovered that there was a discrepancy between the City’s shoreland lake classification for Lake Johanna and Little Johanna from the designation of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Upon further research it was determined that action the City Council had taken in May 1985 approving Resolution 85-22 (Attachment A) was never formally processed and approved by the DNR. This resolution had either not been submitted to the DNR or was misplaced in processing on their end. The formal request of Resolution 85-22 to the DNR was for shoreland reclassification of Lake Johanna, Little Johanna Lake, and Karth Lake from Recreational Development to General Development.