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<br />Page 1 of 7 <br /> <br />PC Agenda Item – 3B <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: June 7, 2023 <br /> <br />TO: Planning Commission Chair and Commissioners <br /> <br />FROM: Jessica Jagoe, Community Development Director <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Planning Case #23-011 – Public Hearing Required <br /> Applicant: City of Arden Hills <br />Request: Zoning Code Amendments – Chapter 13, Section 1380 – TCAAP <br />Redevelopment Code for Campus Commercial Zoning District <br /> <br />Requested Action <br /> <br />The City of Arden Hills is proposing ordinance language in the Zoning Code for the TCAAP <br />Redevelopment Code (TRC) specific to the Campus Commercial Zoning District that would <br />expand on permitted uses within this district. Ordinance language would be added to allow for <br />commercial land uses currently outlined in the TRC as permitted or accessory uses for <br />consideration to add as an allowed use in the Campus Commercial Zoning District. The proposed <br />amendments to City Zoning Code Chapter 13 are within the following Section: <br />• Section 1380 – TCAAP Redevelopment Code, Subsection 5 – Schedule of Permitted Uses <br />o Subsection 5.1 – Applicability, and <br />o Subsection 5.2 – Additional Use Criteria <br /> <br />TCAAP Joint Development Authority <br /> <br />In November 2012, the City Council approved a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) with Ramsey <br />County which establishes a partnership between the City of Arden Hills and Ramsey County <br />with the goal of the remediation and redevelopment of the 427-acre Twin Cities Army <br />Ammunition Plant (TCAAP) site. Under the JPA, the City and County created a Joint <br />Development Authority (JDA) that is the joint governing entity of the TCAAP site as allowed by <br />the Joint Powers Act and MN State Laws. The JDA is the authority responsible for, but not <br />limited to, environmental remediation, elimination of blight, infrastructure construction and <br />financing, comprehensive planning and zoning, and economic development and redevelopment. <br />The JDA Board is comprised of two County Commissioners, two City Councilmembers, and an <br />additional non-elected City appointee as the Chair. Key points of the JPA are as follows: