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�41�N HILLS TCAAP Reuse Statement for the Bidders' Conference — November 18, 2009 TCAAP Reuse Statement: The recently adopted 2030 Comprehensive Plan is set to guide the community over the next twenty years. The primary purpose of the Comprehensive Plan is to support and implement the City's vision: Arden Hills is a strong community that values its unique environmental setting, strong residential neighborhoods, vital business community, well -maintained infrastructure, fiscal soundness, and our long-standing tradition as a desirable City in which to live, work, and play. Arden Hills is a strong community with established neighborhoods, an extensive park and open space system, and stable business community. Except for the former Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (TCAAP) property, the City is almost fully developed. The TCAAP property occupies a significant portion of Arden Hills and its potential reuse offers both benefits and challenges. Whatever type of redevelopment occurs, the TCAAP property must be cleaned and be able to benefit the community and region without placing undue financial burden on existing residents. The 2030 Comprehensive Plan provides guidance for the future of the TCAAP property and includes the following goal for the reuse of the TCAAP property: Develop TCAAP in a way that accommodates a mix of land uses that is sensitive to the natural environment, economically sustainable, and a benefit to the community. At this time, the City has not prepared land use regulations, densities, design standards, or a list of permitted uses for the TCAAP property. The Comprehensive Plan will form the basis of the land use regulations; however, the City reserves the right to amend the Comprehensive Plan to ensure that the former TCAAP property becomes a positive contribution to the established part of the community and the region. The regulations will also need to recognize the inherent limitations of the property. The 2030 Comprehensive Plan currently divides the TCAAP property into four land uses, which are shown on the attached future land use map and defined as: