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Attachment C <br />PC Agenda Item — 5A <br />,-iRZEN HILLS <br />MEMORANDUM <br />DATE: March 6, 2024 <br />TO: Planning Commission Chair and Commissioners <br />FROM: Jessica Jagoe, Community Development Director <br />SUBJECT: Planning Case #24-006 — Public Hearing Required <br />Applicant: City of Arden Hills <br />Request: Zoning Code Amendments — Chapter 13, Section 1380 — TCAAP <br />Redevelopment Code, Attachment 3 — Development Flow Chart <br />Requested Action <br />The City of Arden Hills is proposing to amend Attachment 3 — Development Flow Chart of Zoning <br />Code Chapter 13, Section 1380 — TCAAP Redevelopment Code (TRC) that would be a correction <br />to be consistent with language as amended in 2016 within Section 3.3 which outlines the Joint <br />Development Authority Review Process. The proposed amendment will not modify procedures <br />as currently outlined in the city code. <br />TCAAP Joint Development Authority <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: <br />The County will purchase the site from the U.S. Government and will work with <br />Bolander and Sons to remediate the site to a residential standard including the demolition <br />of remaining buildings. — Completed <br />The City will prepare an AUAR and Master Plan. The Master Plan will be approved by <br />both the City and the County and will be implemented by the JDA. — Completed <br />Page 1 of 5 <br />