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RIPEN HILLS <br /> Approved: March 14, 2022 <br /> CITY OF ARDEN HILLS,MINNESOTA <br /> CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br /> FEBRUARY 22,2022 <br /> 5:00 P.M. - ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS <br /> CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL <br /> Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Grant called to order the City Council <br /> Work Session at 5:00 p.m. <br /> Note: On January 12, 2022 the Mayor signed a determination allowing Councilmembers to <br /> participate in City Council meetings via telephone pursuant to State Statute 13D.021 <br /> Present: Mayor David Grant; Councilmembers Brenda Holden, Fran Holmes, Steve <br /> Scott and David Radziej <br /> Absent: None <br /> Also present: City Administrator Dave Perrault; Public Works Director/City Engineer <br /> Dave Swearingen; and City Planner Jessica Jagoe <br /> 1. AGENDA ITEMS <br /> A. North Heights Lutheran Church Concept Plan <br /> City Planner Jagoe stated Trident Development is proposing a 115 to 125 unit senior apartment <br /> development (apartments only, the proposed will not have an assisted living or memory care <br /> component) on the northwest side of the North Heights Lutheran Church property at 1700 <br /> Highway 96 West. Prior to this submission, the Applicant held a neighborhood meeting on July <br /> 29, 2021 in order to garner feedback from the adjacent landowners on the proposed site <br /> development. The Applicant has included a summary of the meeting comments as part of this <br /> submission. Public comments and questions were primarily regarding traffic, access, impacts on <br /> neighborhood(i.e. property values and Royal Hills Park), and noise. <br /> City Planner Jagoe explained in 2017 and 2018, the City Council considered two Concept Plan <br /> Review applications for the development of senior living housing which would have comprised of <br /> independent, assisted, and memory care units on this same property. Both of those concept <br /> proposals had the placement of the building on the south side of the property with the primary <br /> access to the site from Snelling Avenue north of the intersection with Royal Hills Drive. At that <br /> time, the Council expressed concerns about building height, massing, traffic, and the required <br />