11-26-07 Item 7A, PC 07-018 3527 Lexington Ave Redevelopment

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Revised Plan Proposal The applicant has submitted a letter proposing to revise the Master Plan that includes removing proposed buildings two and three. The proposed Walgreen's would remain in its current location. The applicant's traffic engineer has also submitted comments indicating how the revised proposal would impact traffic. The City's traffic consultant did not have an opportunity to review the revised proposal prior to the release of this memo. Since the revised plan represents a significant change to the original proposal, a new public hearing and public notification with the Planning Commission would be required before the City Council could take any action on the revised plan. Currently, the City's statutory review timeline expires on December 1, 2007. The applicant has offered to extend the review timeline if the Council is willing to consider the revised proposal; however, that is unnecessary because a significant change to the proposal resets the City's statutory review timeline. If the Council is interested in reviewing the revised plan, the applicant would then withdraw the current proposal and a new public hearing would be scheduled with the Planning Commission. The public hearing would likely take place on January 9, 2008. No action is required from the City Council if the application is withdrawn. The Council can also take action on the current plan proposal. Recommendation The Planning Commission reviewed Planning Case 07-0 I 8 and recommends denial (6-1) of the Master Planned Unit Development, Final PUD for Phase 1, Preliminary Plat, and Final Plat of the Arden Plaza Redevelopment Proposal based on the following findings of fact: 1. Traffic concerns that currently exist cannot be mitigated and will be worse with redevelopment (traffic exiting the development currently operates at Level of Service F during the PM peak hour and service will deteriorate further based on the submitted traffic study if the redevelopment were constructed); 2. The site plan for the development does not adequately preserve as many trees as possible as required by part B.8 of the Landscape Plan section of the Zoning Code's Appendix 1; 3. The traffic flow could potentially create safety problems for pedestrians internal to the development due to inadequate pedestrian connections (Section 1320.085 Subd. 6 of the Zoning Code). Based on these above three findings, the Planning Commission determined that the redevelopment as it is currently proposed presents a significant negative impact to the community. City of Arden Hills City Council Meetingfor November 26, 2007 \\Metro-inet.us\ardenhillslPlanningIPlanning Cases\2007\07-018 Arden Plaza PUD (In Review)1l1-26-07 - CC Reporl- Arden Plaza Master PUD.doc Page 3 of 4