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Under the 2013 Rice Creek North Regional Trail Master Plan Amendment (approved by the Metropolitan Council on August 28, 2013), an additional 60 acres is proposedto be transferred to Ramsey County Parks and Recreation for the Rice CreekNorth Regional Trail Corridor to be added to the wildlife corridor area.This area extends to County Road I and will facilitate the construction of a trailhead entry driveway and additional trails. Also added is a 150 footcorridor that will establish a trail/prairie connection south to Highway 96. iii.Z,,, ONING INCLUDING SPECIAL DISTRICTS OR OVERLAYS SUCH AS SHORELAND FLOODPLAIN WILD AND ,,,. SCENIC RIVERS CRITICAL AREA AGRICULTURAL PRESERVES ETC The Arden Hills Zoning Map, July 2013, identifies the area within the AUAR boundary as M-B – Mixed Business and M-R – Mixed Residential. As shown inFigure 7-1, part of Rice Creek’s 100-year floodplain is within the AUAR study area. The study area is within the Rice Creek Watershed District (RCWD) and is therefore subject to RCWD’s rules on floodplain alteration. Fill within the floodplain is prohibited unless compensatory floodplain storage volume is provided within the floodplain of the same water body, and a permit must be obtained from RCWD. b.D’,,I9 ISCUSS THE PROJECTS COMPATIBILITY WITH NEARBY LAND USES ZONING AND PLANS LISTED INTEMA ,. ABOVE CONCENTRATING ON IMPLICATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS The project area is an isolated piece of land that is separated from the rest of Arden Hills and other communities byTHCR 96, TH 10, I-35, CR I, and the AHATS property and has no current public access roads. Improvements to the site will make the site compatible with the 2030 Comprehensive Plan and/or zoning by allowing mixed use development of residential, retail, and non-retail commercial uses. The roadway network surrounding the project will experience an increase in traffic. c.I DENTIFY MEASURES INCORPORATED INTO THE PROPOSED PROJECT TO MITIGATE ANY POTENTIAL I9. INCOMPATIBILITY AS DISCUSSED INTEMB ABOVE The Master Plan generally locates residential uses to the east of the site and commercial uses to the west of the site along major roadways. This orientation puts less noise sensitive commercial uses between the highways and the more noise sensitive residential uses. The green corridor also encompasses the floodplain area within the AUAR study area, allowing it to be avoided by development. The green corridor will also provide regional storrmwater management and wetland mitigation functions. 10.G,S,T/LF EOLOGYOILS ANDOPOGRAPHYANDORMS a.G-D EOLOGYESCRIBE THE GEOLOGY UNDERLYING THE PROJECT AREA AND IDENTIFY AND MAP ANY ,, SUSCEPTIBLE GEOLOGIC FEATURES SUCH AS SINKHOLES SHALLOW LIMESTONE FORMATIONS /,.D UNCONFINEDSHALLOW AQUIFERS OR KARST CONDITIONSISCUSS ANY LIMITATIONS OF THESE FEATURES .I FOR THE PROJECT AND ANY EFFECTS THE PROJECT COULD HAVE ON THESE FEATURESDENTIFY ANY . PROJECT DESIGNS OR MITIGATION MEASURES TO ADDRESS EFFECTS TO GEOLOGIC FEATURES According the Geologic Atlas of Ramsey County (Minnesota Geological Survey, 1992), bedrock in the AUAR study area consists of Prairie du Chien Group underlain by Jordan Sandstone and St. Lawrence and Franconia Formations. Prairie du Chien is commonly sandy or oolitic and thin-bedded dolostone for the upper half to two-thirds with the lower portion generally being massive or thick bedded dolostone and ranges from 119 to 133 feet thick. Jordan Sandstone is medium- to coarse-grained, friable, quartzose sandstone on the upper part and primarily June 2014– Final AUAR8