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WHEREAS, The City is leading a planning process to determine its vision for the redevelopment of TCAAP based on the Vento Plan and the TCAAP Framework Plan; and WHEREAS, the City of Arden Hills is a city of 9700 residents and the City of Arden Hills occupies. 9.4 square miles of which TCAAP represents 38% of the total land area in Arden Hills; and WHEREAS, TCAAP represents an opportunity to secure the long range future of Arden Hills and its citizens that will allow the City to build a new part of the community that is complimentary with the existing feel and vision of Arden Hills providing for economic development, housing opportunities, and recreational access in a connected community; and WHEREAS, Arden Hills has been informed of the desire of the United States Postal Service to study consolidation and relocation of major distribution centers to TCAAP, WHEREAS, the presence of the United States Postal Service on the TCAAP site would require additional city services and responsibilities while depriving the city of needed tax base to pay for such services; and WHEREAS, the presence of the United States Postal Service on the TCAAP site will risk the financial viability of the TCAAP redevelopment by providing fewer acres to offset the costs for remediation necessary to implement the late Congressman Bruce Vento's vision for the site. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Arden Hills, Minnesota, has determined: L The proposed post office facility is not compatible with the vision of the Vento Plan or the TCAAP Framework Plan because a large postal distribution facility will negatively impact the . mixed use character of the Vento Plan so as to endanger, ifnot preclude housing, commercial, and recreational development 2. That to adopt a disjointed development model involving the United States Postal Service would undo the years of planning and preparation by numerous individuals and groups to prepare for the reutilization of the site. 3. That this finding is based on the noise, traffic, and visual impact created by a large postal distribution facility. 4. That this use does not promote the health, safety and welfare ofthe citizens of Arden Hills. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, the City Council of the City of Arden Hills, Minnesota, strongly opposes the location of a postal service distribution facility on the TCAAP property. PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARDEN HILLS THIS 28TH DAY OF APRIL, 2003. BEVERLY APLIKOWSKl, MAYOR ATTEST: . AARON PARRISH, INTERlM CITY ADMINISTRATOR