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I lilli\,,' ;,; ,.. ~ '3;;~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~..Ja~ :::s. ~~ ;::=: $.~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ :;s. ~~.-% ~ ---, fill i~lI/~ SANDERS LANDSCAPE 365 East Kellogg Boulevard !1I1~ I I~I~ WACKER ARCHITECTS Samt Paul. MInnesota 55101 IIII{ WEHRMAN AND 612.221,0401 Iml Fax 612-297,681'7 ~, .1 BERGLY ptANNERS ,11111 1111 I~ml . c: n '-r., 11M' RE.C - ,./'- ' I 1)/4 January 4, [995 . . '--' ,~ !--.. III~ I It;: jJl..tJ () 6 1Qq~ III~ , bli I \III~ Me, Brian Fritsinger .t1'{ r)~ ~Kllt\. ~ City of Arden Hills ;,,1 .... H I ,~ 1450 West Highway 96 IIIlI Arden Hills. Minnesota 55112.5794 ~m! Subject: Zoning Distncts for the Two Colleges in Arden Hills IlIil tll~ III I 1//1 Dear Brian: II/I I~IIII 11111 1~~ On D=mber 12, 1994 stnff discussed the concern mised recently by members of the Planning Commission 11111 ~ I I~ regarding the appropriateness of the B-1 Zoning for the Bethel Campus, especially in reference to the R -1 Zoning for Northwestern College, Two or three times within the past severnl years. this issue has been mised md discussed with the Planning Commission and Council. Each time, it was concluded that the zoning for both I 14 colleges is appropriate in terms of potential future uses, if the colleges were to leave the sites, 1M ., IIIl The Bethel Campus development would be adaptable to a high quality Business Campus (like CPD or Business b Park (like Opus in lvlinnetonka) or a health = fllCility. It would be a reasonable extension of the Lexington/Fox IIIl I '~ Business Area, it abuts a major menal highway, and it would provide a reasonably sound land use transition ~ml Ibl between the mixed business,induscial uses to the east and the single-family areas to the west and south. I III/~ Valentine Lake, with no development on the western or northern shores, provides a buffer for either the college ~1I/11 or potential future B-1 uses md the nearby residential uses. /11/11 I~II/I The Northwestern Campus does not have the same relationship to adjoining uses. Rezoning it to a B-1 discict //1111 i~14 11111' I I~II~ would introduce the possibility of a new use to that area of the City. L;Jke Johanna's shoreline, in contrllSt to Valentine L;Jke, is totally developed with single,family homes exc..-pt for Northwestern College. ImJ it"! III/ This zoning issue was discussed at some length in 1991 when the "school" Imd use categories were redefined !tu :"1 I itllll md reclassified and was discussed agum when the Zonmg Ordinance was amended in 1993. The conclusion was 1111 illlll to retain the zoning as it IS (see attached letter from Jerry Filla). however. the Land Use Chon in the Zoning IJ I :11111 Ordinance. Sectlon V.E.. page V,6, does not reflect this determination as it does not show "Higher Education" III/ as a Special Use m the B,[ Dismct. This oversight should be corrected, The City Attorney should determine illlll if an ordinmce amendment is reqUITed or if the page cm simply be reprinted and discibuted. IlIll illlll IlIll I ,11111 Please contact me if you want to discuss this further. 1/41 III/I ely. 1/1111 bj' I/~ I '~ '&fog" '"' IllIl 1/4 Il1j 1/111 I 1"1 . rgly / b IIII~i I ~ Enc. 1/1111 'fill \111 ilQlldmn tllll I i'"~ ---~- --- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~::;;:~ ~ ~~~~~~==- ~ ,.. Jllli == = ~ = ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ = ~