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WHEREAS, the City of Arden Hills is a city of 9,700 residents occupying 9.4 square miles, of which TCAAP represents 38% of the total land area in Arden Hills; and WHEREAS, TCAAP represents an opportunity for Arden Hills and the north metro region to secure the long range future of its residents that will allow Arden Hills to foster new growth that is complimentary with the existing feel and vision of Arden Hills providing for economic development, housing opportunities, and recreational access in a connected community; and WHEREAS, the United States Postal Service has expressed its desire to locate a new and consolidated major distribution facility to the TCAAP site; and WHEREAS, the presence of the United States Postal Service on the TCAAP site will risk the financial viability of the TCAAP redevelopment by providing fewer acres to offset the costs for remediation necessary to implement the late Congressman Bruce Vento’s vision for the site. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Mounds View, Minnesota, has determined: 1. The proposed post office facility is not compatible with the vision of the Vento Plan or the TCAAP Framework Plan since a large postal distribution facility will negatively impact the mixed use character of the Vento Plan so as to endanger, if not preclude housing, commercial, and recreational development. 2. That to adopt a disjointed development model involving the United States Postal Service would undo the years of regional planning and preparation by numerous individuals and groups to prepare for the reutilization of the site. 3. That a large postal distribution facility would create more adverse noise, traffic, and visual impacts than any other use indicated in the Vento Plan. 4. That this use does not promote the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Arden Hills and would have the potential to adversely impact the residents of Mounds View. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, the City Council of the City of Mounds View strongly opposes the location of a postal service distribution facility on the TCAAP property. Adopted this 9th day of June, 2003. Jerry Linke, Mayor ATTEST: ____________________________________ James Ericson, Interim City Administrator (SEAL)