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. CITY OF ARDEN IDLLS - TCAAP PLANNING Planning Services - Request for Proposals ... ...,. REOUEST FOR PROPOSALS The City of Arden Hills, Economic Development Authority (EDA) is soliciting proposals for the creation of the Civic Center zoning district on the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (TCAAP). Previously, the City has conducted extensive public planning processes for the redevelopment of TCAAP. In 1995-96, this planning process provided for consensus between the 24-member Vento TCAAP Re-Utilization Committee and the 16-member Arden Hills Task Force (Attachment A). In 1998, this planning process culminated with the updating of the City's Comprehensive Plan (Attachment B). The Civic Center area ofTCAAP is located immediately north of the intersection of Highway 96 and Hamline Avenue and is approximately 170 acres in size. The Re-Use plan and Comprehensive plan for this area contemplate a wide variety of uses. Those uses include: retail; office; residential; civic campus; city park; interpretive center; institntional uses; and a possible elementary school. The City desires to have the Civic Center area function as the hub of the TCAAP redevelopment effort, as well relate to the community as a whole. The United States Government is in the process of releasing 40 acres ofland in this Civic Center area for a City Hall (4 acres) and a Joint Maintenance Facility (36 acres). These uses will be the . first uses in this redevelopment area. As such, the development of these sites will set the stage for future redevelopment of this area. The City needs to ensure that these uses and all those that follow are in-line with the recommendations and conclusions of the planning that has occurred to , date, 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 downtown's 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 9,692 persons (Metropolitan Council estimate, April of 1997). The Northerly 2,370 acres of the City is TCAAP. The City of Arden Hills, but for TCAAP, is approximately 95 percent fully developed. The City of Arden Hills is entirely within the existing Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA). The City of Arden HilIs 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; Control Data; H.B. Fuller; Phannacia Deltec; Dynamark; and Manufacturers Service Limited. The City of Arden Hills is also home to Bethel and Northwestern Colleges. .