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Attachment G <br />-ARQEN 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 />