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EHILLS <br /> N <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> DATE: August 9, 2010 Item 2.A <br /> TO: Mayor and City Council <br /> Patrick Klaers, City Administrator <br /> FROM: Meagan Beekman, City Planner <br /> SUBJECT: Presbyterian Homes Concept Review and Library Discussion <br /> Presbyterian Homes <br /> Request <br /> Provide feedback on the concept proposal for the redevelopment of the Presbyterian Homes <br /> Campus, specifically regarding the relocation of the Arden Hills Library a to newlyconstructed <br /> building within the site. <br /> Background <br /> The Ramsey County Library Board has been looking at options to relocate the existing Arden <br /> p g <br /> Hills Library, currently located at 1941 County Road E2. The Library Board has indicated that <br /> they are interested in co-locating the library with another use in order to save costs and increase - <br /> traffic to the library. Included in this report are two maps from the 2008 RamseyCount Library <br /> Y Y <br /> Master Plan that indicate where Ramsey County Library patrons live and the service areas for <br /> each Ramsey County Library (Attachment A). Recently the Library Board ordered a feasibility <br /> report that looked at an option to relocate the library to the New Brighton Community Center. <br /> At their May 10 Work Session the City Council discussed the library issue and expressed their <br /> concern over the possibility that the library may move out of Arden Hills. They directed Staff to <br /> follow up with several alternative options that may allow the library to stay within the City. One <br /> of the options that the Library Board had discussed early in their process was a possible <br /> partnership between Presbyterian Homes and the Library Board whereby a library could be <br /> located within a newly constructed building within the Presbyterian Homes Campus. In the <br /> spring County Library Director Susan Nemitz and John Mehrkens from Presbyterian Homes had <br /> met and discussed this possible partnership. After the May 10 City Council meeting Staff <br /> initiated a meeting with Presbyterian Homes and subsequently met with both representatives of <br /> City of Arden Hills <br /> City Council Meeting for August 9, 2010 <br /> IlMetro-inet.uslardenhillslPlanninglCity Council Memos1201OWrden Hills LibraryM-09-10-Presbyterian Homes Concept Review-Memo.doc <br /> Page 1 of 4 <br />