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City of Arden Hills - Comprehensive Plan - DRAFT Changes in Proposed TCAAP Land Reuse (acres) 1982 1998 2008 mrapprovetl) Residential 970 445 168 o Commercaklntl-.M 596 222 taz 'a Parksantl ONer Op en Space 805 252 168 Inslilutional, Roatls, 8 ONer Public Use 95 215 65 Rice Creek Trail Codder no c. 112 Arden Hills Amy Training Site (AHATSNUS Army Reserve/Parks Preserve no 1,237 1,562 Other(MnDoL Ramsey County, Arden Hills) na na 113 Total 2,370 2.370 2,370 Much of the former TCAAP property has alreadv been transferred or leased to other public entities, including the Minnesota Department of Transportation Ramsey County, and the Minnesota National Guard The City in cooperation with a private developer, is currently in the process of purchasing 585 acres of the TCAAP property along the property's western border for redevelopment, 5.2.1 Ramsey County Parks and Recreation Rice Creek traverses the northwestern corner of the former TCAAP oropertv and is an important animal habitat and recreation area Approximately 112 acres ad acent to the creek were transferred to Ramsey County in 2006 for thei"ark and recreation system (map) The County anticipates completion of a trail adjacent to the Rice Creek in the summer of 2008. Ramsey County Parks and Recreation also owns a 7.2 acre parcel adjacent to Lexington Avenue near the Marsden Lake and wetland complex. 5.2.2 Arden Hills Army Training Site (AHATS) and Armv Reserve Approximately 1,560 acres will remain under federal ownership howeve ,_the Minnesota National Guard has a long-term lease for most of the land and a small portion is used for the Army Reserve station in the far southeastern corner of the rp operty. This land is expected to remain under federal ownership for the foreseeable future The Minnesota National Guard has designated their leased area as the Arden Hills Army Training Site (AHATS)Although live munitions firing are prohibited on the site. the Minnesota National Guard does use the property for training purposes..Much of the area js anticipated to remain as open space—LuAthe DRAFT 20 5/1/2008 ( Deleted: 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. :Formatted: Centered Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.5" i Deleted: In order, to have a more proactive and holistic planning process forthe 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). ¶ ! Deleted: Other pieces of former TCAAP property have already been transferred or sold to other governmental envies, including 70 acres to the Minnesota Department of Transportation, 154 acres to Ramsey County (including the 112 acre Rice :. Creek condor), 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 i ownership for the foreseeable future.1 '9 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 pmperty should be reused. Previous redevelopment concepts had assumed that more than 585 acres of the TCAAP property would be redeveloped; however, as the market has changed, so to have the j potential mu of land uses for the ' property. While a final land us,— fl , Formatted: Bullets and Numbering Formatted: Indent Left: 0.5" 1 Formatted: Bullets and Numbering Formatted: Indent: Left. 0.5' Formatted: Font. (Default) Arial, 10'.. Pt 1f Formatted: Font: (Default) Arial, 10-I pt i�Deleted: The area of TCAAP that is being retained by the federal government has been leased to the I Minnesota National Guard for If , j) (Deleted: will jDeleted:,