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apartment development (apartments only, the proposed will not have an assisted living or memory care component). The Applicant indicated their intention would be to subdivide and purchase approximately 10.27 acres in the northwest corner of the Subject Property. In preparation for the February 22, 2022 meeting, the Developer had held a neighborhood meeting to garner resident feedback. At the meeting, residents voiced concerns regarding traffic, additional park demand, and noise concerns. For a residential project to be feasible on the site, the Applicant needed to amend the Comprehensive Plan. In April 2022, Trident Development submitted an application for amendments to the Arden Hills 2040 Comprehensive Plan. The proposed amendments included amending Chapter 6, Land Use to change the future land use designation of approximately 10.74 acres in the northwest corner of the Subject Property from P/I, Public and Institutional to be guided as HDR, High Density Residential and to amend Section 6.4.10 to increase the maximum housing unit density as part of a Planned Unit Development. The City Council approved and adopted the requested Comprehensive Plan Amendments on July 11, 2022. Adjacent communities must be given up to 60 days to review and comment on a proposed amendment before it can be reviewed and approved by the Metropolitan Council. The Metropolitan Council has the final determination as to whether to allow a Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPA) or not, though they provide great deference to the City as long as the proposed land use change does not have a negative impact on a regional system (i.e. transportation, sanitary sewer, and regional parks). The Metropolitan Council subsequently approved the requested CPA in 2022. Following the approval and adoption of the requested Comprehensive Plan Amendments, the Applicant is required to submit additional land use requests for the development approvals. At the February 21, 2023 City Council Work Session, the Applicant presented an updated concept plan for the City Council to review. The discussion considered the proposed density for the development, building height, and sidewalk connections to the surrounding neighborhood. In this land use application, the Applicant has included a request to subdivide the 10.74 acres guided as High Density Residential from the developed portion of the site (i.e. Church use, Page 2 of 10