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ARDEN HILLS CITY TCAAP WORK SESSION—FEBRUARY 22, 2010 4 Community Development Director Lehnhoff responded that this review will be a lengthy process and that the Planning Commission will also be looking at the plan. Community Development Director Lehnhoff explained that the land use chart will list the permitted land uses and conditional uses for each zoning district. He will have to bring this back to the Council at a future meeting as he is not prepared to review it at this time. He explained that Section 1320.135 includes the Planned Unit Development (PUD) process and the components that will be needed to create a TCAAP master plan. He explained that this section is an enhanced PUD process that expands on the existing process to have more information components. The enhanced PUD Process includes ten components: Land Use, Design Standards, Transportation and Parking, Park, Recreation and Open Space, Utilities, Construction Staging, Environmental Review and Remediation, Sustainability, Contractual, and Financial with a separate subdivision for each one. Community Development Director Lehnhoff reviewed Subdivision 1. General Procedure which we will go back to once we've reviewed all the other regulations. Referring to Subdivision 2, the Planned Unit Development (PUD) Concept Plan Review he explained that this is currently an optional component which he recommends become required as it requires developers to talk with the City before an actual plan is submitted. Councilmember Holden questioned if a certificate of completion can be incorporated in this plan. Community Development Director Lehnhoff explained that will be addressed in the environmental components section. Councilmember Holmes suggested Paragraph C under Subdivision 2 be changed to state that "Informal consultations are encouraged." Community Development Director Lehnhoff stated Subdivision 3, Public Engagement Plan, refers to a public engagement process. This section may require some tweaking. He then referred to Subdivision 4, Planned Unit Development (PUD) Master Plan. The PUD Master Plan process would be similar to the process that the City was undergoing with RRLD. The PUD Master Plan creates the overall plan for TCAAP. The PUD Final Plan is then used to implement each stage of development. Subdivision 4 Paragraphs B and C, he explained, is one of the more important statements in the PUD Master Plan because this is what defines when the application is complete. Councilmember McClung questioned the process for amending a Master Plan. Community Development Director Lehnhoff explained if a PUD Master Plan is approved and something drastic changes, the developer would have to go through a public hearing process to amend the PUD Master Plan. Councilmember Holden asked if the entire PUD Master Plan would have to be approved before any improvements could be made to the property.