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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-006CITY OF ARDEN HILLS COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO.2024-006 RESOLUTION APPROVING 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 6, LAND USE AND APPENDIX G (TCAAP Outlot C, Arden Hills, MN) (Planning Case #23-021) WHEREAS, on October 2, 2023, the Joint Development Authority ("JDA") who is the joint governing entity of the TCAAP site requested both the City and County proceed with consideration of the necessary TRC and Comprehensive Plan Amendments for increasing density from 1,460 units up to 1,960 units; and WHEREAS, on November 2, 2023, the City of Arden Hills ("City") discussed and directed staff to bring forward the proposed Comprehensive Plan amendments to Chapter 6, Land Use and Appendix G; and WHEREAS, the Arden Hills 2040 Comprehensive Plan designates the future land use for the TCAAP property and legally described on Exhibit A ("Subject Property") as FO, Flex Office and NR, Neighborhood Residential; and WHEREAS, the City has requested a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to separate the NR-3 and NR-4 subcategories in order to delineate the acreage and development intensity of future development that is guided towards medium to high density residential land uses specific to the two areas in Town Center South and the proposed Southwest Neighborhood; and WHEREAS, the City has requested a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to guide future development of the NR-4 subcategory at a density of five (5) to twenty-one (21) units per acre consistent with existing policies to construct new development at an average density of at least five (5) residential units per net residential acre; and WHEREAS, the City has requested a Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment to change the future land use designation in Town Center North and South of the Subject Property to reflect 18.7 acres as NR-3 and 8.7 acres as NR-4; and WHEREAS, the City has requested a Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment to change the future land use designation in the southwest corner of the Subject Property to reflect 21 acres as NR-3 and 11.4 acres as NR-4; and WHEREAS, the 9.5 acres of land on the Subject Property in the southwest corner would remain guided as FO, Flex Office; and 222473v2 WHEREAS, the City has requested a Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment to Section 6.4.10 to modify the total acres of residential land and maximum residential units of up to 1,960 units on the Subject Property as described in the existing language of Chapter 6; and WHEREAS, the City has requested a Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment to Section 6.4.10 would include a stated requirement of ensuring that future development of TCAAP shall be that 20% of the housing units in the development are affordable at 60% of Area Median Income or less to be consistent with goals and policies under Chapter 7, Housing; and WHEREAS,the application is not anticipated to create a negative impact on the immediate area or the community as a whole; and WHEREAS,the purpose of the Comprehensive Plan is to establish the policies that guide the future physical and community development of Arden Hills; and WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council has previously approved similar amendments increasing housing density in specific land use districts and increasing net residential density to permit affordable housing development; and WHEREAS, the proposed map and text amendments have been discussed with the Metropolitan Council; and WHEREAS, on December 6, 2023 the Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on the proposed Comprehensive Plan amendments preceded by published and mailed notice; and WHEREAS, following the close of the hearing, the Planning Commission voted 4-2 (Commissioner Wicklund abstained) to approve the proposed amendments; and WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the proposed Comprehensive Plan amendments, including the staff reports and presentations, public and written comment, and minutes from the Planning Commission. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Arden Hills, Minnesota: 1. The above Recitals are incorporated herein. 2. The proposed map and text amendment to modify the boundaries described in the existing language of Chapter 6,shall include the Subject Property,and is referenced on Exhibit B. 3. The future land use designation in Town Center North and South shall be reguided to reflect 18.7 acres as NR-3 and 8.7 acres as NR-4. southwest corner shall be re guided to reflect 21 4. The future land use designationgu acres as NR-3 and 11.4 acres as NR-4, with the other 9.5 acres of land to remain guided as FO, Flex Office. 5. Approval of the Comprehensive Plan Amendments is contingent upon the required review and response by the Metropolitan Council. p PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Arden Hills City Council this 0 day of J , 2024 CITY OF ARDEN HILLS BY a, JAaiJ David Grant, Mayor ATTEST: W�Xi Ju Hanson, City Clerk EXHIBIT A TO RESOLUTION NO. 2024-006 Legal Description: TCAAP OULOT C EXHIBIT B TO RESOLUTION NO. 2024-006 The Comprehensive Plan Amendment language identified in red font is as follows: The approved Master Plan for the TCAAP property includes 194.9 462.2 acres of residential land for and a maximum of up to 1,9(4}60 residential units for an overall maximum gross density of 109.00 units per acre. The gross density includes the neighborhood collector roads; however, it excludes parks, arterial roads, and the water infrastructure. Future development of TCAAP shall be subject to a term sheet for development to be known as Rice Creek Commons in order to meet the goals of the Comprehensive Plan with a requirement that 20%of housing units in the development must be affordable at 60%of Area Median Income or less. And The Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map is as follows: i Current 2040 Proposed 2040 Town Center North and South " i Flex y Office Southr•:est The future land use map would be amended to reflect 18.7 acres as NR-3 and 8.7 acres as NR-4 in Town Center North and South. Additionally, the southwest corner of the Subject Property would be reguided from Flex Office to NR-3 (i.e. 21 acres) and NR-4 (i.e. 11.4 acres).