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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION - April 21, 2008 7 5.1 Introduction Paragraph 1, sentence 3: "...the federal government started construction on the property for munitions production during World War II and ultimately for the Korean and Vietnam WaFS all militarv conflicts through (insert last date the property was used)... " Changes in Proposed TCAAP Land Reuse Chart: Park Preserve/Arden Hills Army Training Site Additional paragraph on the overall process for the TCAAP land transfer. 5.2 Environmental Cleanup Second sentence: "...cleanup of the groundwater will continue for a flUmsor of as much as 40 years." Last sentence: "... Where needed, the property will be cleaned up..." 5.4 Redevelopment Timeline Second sentence: The statement"... the development timeline will depend on market conditions" should be amended to note that there will be a number of influences on the development timeline. 6. Land Use Discussion ensued regarding density requirements based on the land use plan. Interim City Administrator Willis advised the land use plan must mathematically show that the density requirements can be achieved. Last bullet point: Explore the possibility of crcatiHg a community gatheriHg space additional public and/or private communitv gathering spaces. 6.3 Existine Land Use - 2008 Staff to clarifY the acreage in the 2008 Existing Land Use Chart. Staff to clarify the wording in the first paragraph. It was noted that the following statements included in the paragraph are inconsistent: "Since the 2008 current land use..." and "The 2008 land use..." 6.4 Future Land Use Staff to look at amending the language in the first sentence. Deletion of the phrase "south of Highway 96" from as many places as possible in the Plan. Discussion ensued regarding land use calculations. City Planner Lehnhoff advised the three to six units per acre calculation for low density residential housing is based on the affordable housing aspect. Calculations could be amended to a low density calculation of three to five units per acre. The consensus of the City Council was as follows on future land use classifications for the following properties: . 6.4.2: Former City Hall/Public Works Property: Neighborhood Business . 6.4.3: B-2 General Business District Small Area Plan: commercial . 6.4.4: Lexington Avenue Small Area Plan: as shown on the future land use map . 6.4.5: Manufactured Home Community: Current land use classification to remain. o Staff will work on the wording in this section. It should be noted that the land use is medium residential.