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2/~ '. CITY OF ARDEN HILLS' COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE . Comprehensive Planning Services - Request for Proposals .. REOUEST FOR PROPOSALS The City of Arden Hills is soliciting proposals for updating its Comprehensive Plan to a select . number of Planning firms in the Twin Cities. The update that is being proposed is being done pursuant to the requirements of Milmesota State Statute, Chapter 473.864, Subdivision 2. The existing Comprehensive Plan for the City of Arden Hills was adopted in June of 1982. The City . of Arden Hills is proposing to update its Comprehensive Plan so that it corresponds to present planning practices, meets the applicable guidelines of the Metropolitan Council, and meets the overall planning objectives of the City of Arden Hills. . Given, the age of the existing document, all required elements of the Comprehensive Plan will need to be evaluated. Also, incorporation of the Arden Hills Task Force and the Twin Cities . ArnlY Ammunition Plant (TCAAP) Re-Utilization Committee's recommendations for the re-use of TCAAP will need to be incorporated into the document. . GENERAL CITY INFORMATION The City of Arden Hills is a second ring suburb and is located in the northern sector of the Twin . Cities Metropolitan Area. Arden Hills encompasses approximately 9.4 square miles entirely within Ramsey County. The City of Arden Hills is approximately 10 miles north of the downtowns of Saint Paul and Minneapolis and 13 miles north of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul ~ International Airport. The current population of Arden Hills is estimated to be 9,678 persons (Metropolitan Council estimate, April of 1996). The Northerly 2,370 acres of the City is TCAAP. The City of Arden Hills, but for TCAAP, is approximately 95 percent fully developed. I The City of Arden Hills is entirely within the existing Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA). The City of Arden Hills has been considered a "village of homes" but it also has been successful . in its efforts to attract desirable business and industry. The City of Arden Hills is the corporate home for such companies as: Cardiac Pacemakers; Mutual Service Insurance; Land 0' Lakes; I Control Data; lIB. Fuller; Pharmacia Deltec; Dynamark; and Manufacturers Service Limited. The City of Arden Hills is also home to Bethel and Northwestern Colleges. . SELECTION ACTIVITIES AND TIME SCHEDULE 1. August 26, 1997 Distribute RFP's I 2. September 19, 1997 Submittal ofRFP's by firms 3. September 22 - 26,1997 Submittals reviewed, short list prepared 4. September 29 - October 8, 1997 Interviews of consultants . 5. October 14, 1997 City Council selects consultant/approves contract 6. October 15,1997 Commence update of Comprehensive Plan 7. March 1,1998 Updated plan to Metropolitan Council . .. I