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'It EN HILLS CITY OF ARDEN HILLS COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. 2022-038 RESOLUTION APPROVING 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 6, LAND USE (1700 Highway 96 West, Arden Hills, MN) (Planning Case#22-009) WHEREAS, on April 29, 2022, the City of Arden Hills ("City") received an application from Trident Development ("Applicant") for two Comprehensive Plan amendments to Chapter 6, Land Use; and WHEREAS,the Arden Hills 2040 Comprehensive Plan designates the future land use for the property located at 1700 Highway 96 West, Arden Hills, and legally described on Exhibit A ("Subject Property") as P/I, Public and Institutional; and WHEREAS, the Applicant has requested a Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment to change the future land use designation of approximately 10.75 acres in the northwest corner of the Subject Property to HDR, High Density Residential; and WHEREAS, the 30 +/- acres of developed land on the Subject Property would remain guided as P/I, Public and Institutional; and WHEREAS, the Applicant has requested a Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment to Section 6.4.10 to modify the boundaries described in the existing language of Chapter 6 to include the Subject Property; and WHEREAS, the proposed text amendment to the existing Comprehensive Plan language incorporates a defined area of land west of Snelling Avenue that allows an increase in the maximum housing unit density as part of a Planned Unit Development; and WHEREAS,the application is not anticipated to create a negative impact on the immediate area or the community as a whole; and WHEREAS, the purpose of the Comprehensive Plan is to establish the policies that guide the future physical and community development of Arden Hills; and WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council has previously approved similar amendments increasing housing density in specific land use districts as beneficial to efficient governmental service delivery; and 222473v2