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<br />Under the 2013 Rice Creek Regional Trail Master Plan Amendment, an additional 60 acres is <br />proposedto be transferred to Ramsey County Parks and Recreation for the North <br />Regional Trail Corridor to be added to the wildlife corridor areThis area extends to County Road I <br />and will facilitate the construction ofa trailhead entry driveway and additional trails. Also added is <br />150 footcorridor that will establish a trail / prairie connection south <br />iii.Z,,, <br />ONING INCLUDING SPECIAL DISTRICTS OR OVERLAYS SUCH AS SHORELAND FLOODPLAIN WILD AND <br />,,,. <br />SCENIC RIVERS CRITICAL AREA AGRICULTURAL PRESERVES ETC <br />The Arden Hills Zoning Map, July 2013, identifies the area withiB <br />Mixed Business and M-R Mixed Residential. <br />As shown in Figure 7-1-year floodplain is within the AUAR study area. The <br />study area is within the Rice Creek Watershed District <br />rules on floodplain alteration. Fill within the floodplain is pr <br />storage volume is provided within the floodplain of the same wat <br />obtained from RCWD. <br />b.D,,I9 <br />ISCUSS THE PROJECTS COMPATIBILITY WITH NEARBY LAND USES ZONING AND PLANS LISTED IN TEM A <br />,. <br />ABOVE CONCENTRATING ON IMPLICATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS <br />The project area is an isolated piece of land that is separated from r <br />by TH 96, TH 10, I-35, CR I, and the AHATS property and has no cur <br />Improvements to the site will make the site compatible with the 2030 Comprehensive Plan and/or zoning by <br />allowing mixed use development of residential, retail, and non-r <br />surrounding the project will experience an increase in traffic. <br />c.I <br />DENTIFY MEASURES INCORPORATED INTO THE PROPOSED PROJECT TO MITIG <br />I9. <br />INCOMPATIBILITY AS DISCUSSED IN TEM B ABOVE <br />The Master Plan generally locates residential uses to the east o <br />the site along major roadways. This orientation puts less noise <br />highways and the more noise sensitive residential uses. The gree <br />floodplain area within the AUAR study area, allowing it to be av <br />will also provide regional storrmwater management and wetland mi <br />10.G,S,T/LF <br />EOLOGY OILS AND OPOGRAPHYAND ORMS <br />a.G-D <br />EOLOGY ESCRIBE THE GEOLOGY UNDERLYING THE PROJECT AREA AND IDENTIFY AND <br />,, <br />SUSCEPTIBLE GEOLOGIC FEATURES SUCH AS SINKHOLES SHALLOW LIMESTONE FORMATIONS <br />/,.D <br />UNCONFINEDSHALLOW AQUIFERS OR KARST CONDITIONS ISCUSS ANY LIMITATIONS OF THESE FEATURES <br />.I <br />FOR THE PROJECT AND ANY EFFECTS THE PROJECT COULD HAVE ON THESE DENTIFY ANY <br />. <br />PROJECT DESIGNS OR MITIGATION MEASURES TO ADDRESS EFFECTS TO GEO <br />According the Geologic Atlas of Ramsey County (Minnesota Geologi <br />study area consists of Prairie du Chien Group underlain by Jorda <br />Franconia Formations. <br />Prairie du Chien is commonly sandy or oolitic and thin-bedded do <br />the lower portion generally being massive or thick bedded dolost <br />Jordan Sandstone is medium- to coarse-grained, friable, quartzose sandstone on the upper part and primarily <br />fine-grained, feldspathic sandstone on the lower part; it ranges <br /> <br /> <br />April 2014 Draft 8 <br />