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. . . ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - JANUARY 31, 2000 9 Mayor Probst noted that the motion currently on the table was to move forward with the appointment ofa Task Force of no more than 15 members comprised of residents, City staff and Council. Councilmember Aplikowski added that the intent ofthe Task Force was to look into the Ingerson neighborhood road improvement project, Councilmember Larson noted that the word "project" was being used in a variety of ways. However, the City does not technically have a project at this time, The City has a feasibility study ,vith a number of alternatives such as whether to include ponds for storm water retention; whether to close a portion of Hamline A venue; and whether or not to widen the streets to 32 feet, etc, At this time, decisions have not been made regarding these alternatives and the intent of the Task Force should be to consider these alternative and make a recommendation to the City Council. The motion carried unanimously (5-0), Mayor Probst invited those who were interested in serving on the Task Force to provide Mr. Lynch with their names prior to February 10,2000 in order for appointments to be made at the January 14,2000 City Council meeting, Mayor Probst called a brief recess at 8:45 p,m. and reconvened the meeting at 8:48 p,m, B. Planning Cases 1. Case #00-01, Bethel College, 3900 Bethel Drive, Special Use Permit Amendment (Master Plan), and Site Plan Approval for Recreational Area Ms, Randall explained that the applicant was requesting approval of an amendment to their special use permit for Bethel College by updating the Master Plan, and Site Plan approval for an athletic complex, Ms, Randall presented Bethel College's current Master Plan and indicated that the southwest portion across Highway 10 was not included in the original Master Plan, The Master Plan will need to be updated with this property being added, The Special Use Permit recorded document was last modified in 1978 with Planning Case 78-05, The Special Use Permit has been modified throughout the years without modifYing the recorded document. Staff recommends a new Special Use Permit be recorded with this Planning Case for the following reasons: 1, The legal description has changed with the addition of the proposed athletic fields area across Highway 10, 2, Existing conditions with past Planning Cases should be incorporated, Other updates to the Master Plan that would be required included feature changes which have been accomplished through minor amendments, These included changing the tennis courts to a parking area, as well as showing the proposed use in the Site Plan portion of the approval for the athletic complex,