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City of Arden Hilts - Comprehensive Plan - DRAFT 5. TwiN CIIIES ARMY AMMUNITION PLANr (TCMP) PROPERTY REDEVELOPMENT Goal: Develop TCAAP in a way that accommodates a mix of land uses that is sensitive to the natural environment, economically sustainable, and compatible with the existing neighborhoods in Arden Hills. 5.1 Introduction The former Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (TCMP) property occupies approximately the northern one-third of Arden Hills covering about 3.7 square miles (2,370 acres). The property is bounded by Highway 96 on the south, Highways 10 and 35W on the west, Lexington Avenue on the east, and County Road I on the north. In 1941, the federal government started construction on the property for munitions production during World War II and ultimately for the Korean and Vietnam Wars. The entire TCAAP property was included in the Arden Hills municipal border when the City incorporated in 1951. Plans to redevelop portions of the TCMP property had been in the works since at least the 1980s when decommissioning of the plant started. However. it was not until 1994 that the federal government formally declared 774 acres of the TCAAP area as excess property that was to be sold. In order to have a more proactive and holistic planning process for the excess property, the City, along with a selected private developer, entered into a purchase agreement with the federal government in 2007 to purchase 585 acres of land adjacent to Interstate 35W and Highway 10 (Map). Other pieces of former TCMP property have already been transferred or sold to other governmental entities, including 70 acres to the Minnesota Department of Transportation, 154 acres to Ramsey County (including the 112 acre Rice Creek corridor), and 6.9 acres to the City of Arden Hills. The remaining 1,560 acres has been leased to the Minnesota National Guard and is expected to remain under federal ownership for the foreseeable future. In preparation for redeveloping the 585 acres that will be sold to the City, the City has undertaken a community planning process to determine how that property should be reused. Previous redevelopment concepts had assumed that more than 585 acres of the TCMP property would be redeveloped; however, as the market has changed, so to have the potential mix of land uses for the property. While a final land use plan will not be approved in time for inclusion in this Comprehensive Plan, the most recent unapproved concept plan from 2007 has been included to help provide context to the Plan (Figure X). The City will continue the land use planning process through 2008. DRAFT 4/18/2008 2]