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CITY OF ARDEN HILLS
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION No. 04-21 ADOPTING A VISION STATEMENT AND GOALS FOR
REUSE OF THE ARSENAL
WHEREAS, the Arsenal is located within the northem portion of the City of Arden Hills; and
WHEREAS, the City is working with the General Services Administration and Army to acquire
portions ofthe property that have been declared excess of Federal needs for reuse; and
WHEREAS, the City has initiated a comprehensive planning process to develop a reuse plan for
the site; and
WHEREAS, the TCAAP Master Planning Advisory Panel has been established to provide input
into the various components of the planning process; and
WHEREAS, based on the review and input ofthe TCAAP Master Planning Advisory Panel, a
proposed vision statement and goals have been developed to help guide the reuse of the arsenal and
subsequent phases of the planning process.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Arden Hills,
Minnesota, that the Vision and Goals attached as Exhibit A are approved to guide the reuse of the arsenal;
and
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT FIN ALL Y RESOLVED by the City Council ofthe City of Arden
Hills, Minnesota, that Phase lIT ofthe planning process, the development of a preferred land use scenario,
be initiated.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARDEN HILLS THIS
26th DAY OF JANUARY, 2004.
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Exhihit A
VISION AND GOALS
.. Arsenal Reuse
City Council Approval Version
January 26, 2004
DEFINITIONS:
ARSENAL - The entire property formerly referred to as the Twin Cities Army Ammunitions
Plant in Arden Hills. The property is generally located north of Highway 96,
northwest of Highway 10, east of Interstate 35W, south of County Road I, and west of
Lexington Avenue. As outlined in Exhibit A, different portions ofthe property are
currently under different ownership and I or management. Generally, these include
the following:
1. Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (TCAAP): This portion ofthe Arsenal is
currently under tile ownership and management of the United States Army. The
terms "TCAAP" and "TCAAP Excess Property" are synonymous as they refer to
the same geographic area.
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2. Arden Hills Army Training Site (AHA TS): This portion ofthe Arsenal is owned
by the United States AnllY. The property is licensed to the Minnesota Army
National Guard from the United States Army for use as the Arden Hills Army
Training Site.
3. Other Interests: In addition to the above, there are a number of other entities that
utilize the site. Both Alliant Tech Systems and the United States AnllY Reserve
utilize select buildings within the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant. The
United States Army Reserve operations currently located within the TCAAP will
potentially be transferred to the Arden Hills Army Training Site. As outlined on
ExhibitA, the most likely location is directly to the north of their existing facility
at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and Highway 96. Arden Hills City Hall
and the Ramsey County Public Works/Partners Facility are located south of the
AHATS property.
TCAAP EXCESS PROPERTY - The 774 acres of the TCAAP site which are being considered
for transfer by the Army. The terms "TCAAP" and 'TCAAP Excess Property" are
synonymous as they refer to the same geographic area.
A VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE ARSENAL IN ARDEN HILLS:
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The redevelopment of the Arsenal, particularly the TCAAP Excess Property, will both
harmoniously expand and strategically complement and enhance the Arden Hills' community and
region, by building on the legacy and foundation of the Vento Re-use Master Plan, the TCAAP
Framework Plan, the Arden Hills Comprehensive Plan, and related documents.
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GOALS FOR ARSENAL REUSE RE-USE
General Goals:
I. To return the Arsenal, particularly the TCAAP Excess Property to private and local civic
ownership, after more than a half of a century of service to the Federal Government.
2. To realize a plan or plans for the reuse of the Arsenal that is equal to the magnitude of
opportunities that it represents to the community.
3. To continue an open and forthright exchange of information among the Department of the
Army, Alliant Tech and the City and Development Team regarding pollution levels to
support clear and fair negotiations regarding the respective responsibilities for clean up
costs.
4. To build on the foundations ofthe Vento Committee Reutilization Plan, TCAAP
Framework Plan, and the Arden Hills Comprehensive Plan, but also reflect the flexibility
to design in closer concert with the opportunities and market condition constraints
presented by the site.
5. To implement a development plan that responds to the realities associated with the
pollution on the property and that ensures the health and safety of future residents,
employees and visitors by strategically matching proposed land uses with appropriate
levels of clean up.
The Planning Process Goals:
1. To conduct a planning process that is open, inclusive and respectful, with strong and
sustained communication with the general public and all of the many agencies,
jurisdictions, organizations and individuals that have an interest in the future ofthe
Arsenal site.
2. To assist all ofthe participants in their efforts to understand this complicated and multi-
faceted process.
3. To respectfully communicate to all ofthe other parties those decisions that are ultimately
the responsibility of the Arden Hills City Council.
The Development Process Goals:
I. To maintain a strong working relationship with the Development Partner, based on
mutual respect, cooperation and trust.
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2. To create a dcvelopment plan that pays the full costs of all infrastructure improvements
solely related to serving the development, and thus avoid any adverse effect on the
taxpayers of Arden Hills and neighboring communities.
3. To establish a strong, but flexible Disposition and Development Agreements, that will
ensure a solid commitment to the elements and features that are critically important to
Arden Hills, while accommodating the flexibility necessary to respond to changing
circumstances, opportunities and constraints.
Land Use and Housing Goals:
J. To achieve a development consisting of a strategic mixture of business, residential, parks,
trails and open spaces, and other civic uses, selected from a series of alternatives, and
detemlined to be the best available to the sub-region, Arden Hills and its neighboring
communities.
2. To incorporate office and light industrial uses where desirable and compatible, but not
heavy, truck or rail intensive businesses, or business dependent on extensive outdoor
storage of either raw materials or finished goods.
3. To take full advantage of the opportunities for exceptional regional access and visibility
to I-35W and other major transportation corridors for the development of high valued
uses that can take maximum advantage of these key locations.
4. To locate a variety of housing types within neighborhoods that are planned and designed
to foster community and that are well served by local streets, trails, local parks and
natural areas.
5. To determine the specific mixture of housing types, styles, and values after carefully
evaluating a variety of options and the distinct ways that each responds first to the
existing character of Arden Hills and the demand represented by current Arden Hills
residents and employees, then to new residents and employees of new and expanding
businesses to be established within the area.
6. To accommodate the amount and type ofretail development within the project that can be
sustained and will provide service to area businesses and residents.
7. To anticipate the impact that reuse of the Arsenal will have on adjacent land and plan to
minimize adverse effects accordingly.
Parks, Trails, and Open Space Goals:
1. To provide a balance of active and passive public open spaces that respect and take
advantage of natural site topography and features.
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2. To provide for a mix of public recreation types, including adequate neighborhood,
community and regional parks.
3. To take the opportunity presented by this planning process to evaluate the potential for
recreational facilities and features that may provide needed services to future residents
and visitors.
4. To pursue the creation of ajoint athletic facility and recreational complex.
5. To provide a network of pedestrian and bicycle trails, parks and open spaces that create
strong linkages throughout the Arsenal and make connections to surrounding regional
and local trails and open spaces.
Transportation Goals:
I. To accommodate the significant demands on the regional transportation system that
reuse of the Arsenal will generate. To work with leaders from all levels of government to
support improvements to the regional transportation system that are necessary to
overcome existing deficiencies and serve the needs of new development.
2. To balance the need to provide effective levels of access and transportation service to the
Arsenal, with the needs of the surrounding communities.
3. To provide excellent north-south movement to serve the reuse of the Arsenal and the best
available east-west movement via the local street system, given the site's constraints.
4. To carefully evaluate the transportation improvements to serve the Arsenal in the context
of the surrounding local and regional roadway network and to make strategic linkages to
these networks.
Environment:
1. To make the reuse of the Arsenal a tangible means by which several decades of pollution
can be remediated.
2. To transform the existing land use and development pattern at the Arsenal, with a
particular emphasis on the TCAAP Excess Property, and reclaim impervious surfaces and
reestablishing natural environmental systems.
3. To make a significant commitment to establishing a healthy urban forest within the
Arsenal, focusing on the TCAAP Excess Property, and to establishing and conserving
more natural drainage systems and wildlife habitat.
4. To emulate the best available models for the environmental transformation of other
brownfield properties in the Reuse Master Plan..
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5. To conserve and enhance protection of the Arsenal site's unique wildlife and plant
species, surface water and wetland resources, and other unique topographic features.
6. To ensure that if a north-south roadway is determined to be necessary for the successful
reuse of the Arsenal, then that roadway will be designed and constructed in an
ecologically sensitive manner and provide for adequate movement of wildlife through the
wildlife corridor.
Community Character and Identity:
I. To establish a distinct identity and character for the Arsenal site that reflects both the
importance of the property's history and the community's hopes for its future.
2. To establish and enforce a comprehensive set of design standards to ensure the full and
sustained realization ofthe desired image and character.
3. To extend the natural systems and vistas that exist within the AHATS site into the
redevelopment area through the Reuse Master Plan.
4. To exhibit superior urban design, landscaping and site planning and include a high level
of natural and man-made amenities in the reuse of the Arsenal with a primary emphasis
on the TCAAP Excess Property.
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