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pond/wetland areas comprising 4.5 acres, and existing and proposed development approximately 18.5 acres. Based on the need to provide 1676 stalls on the campus site to support expansion, it has required the proposed parking expansion into the wooded area on the west edge of the site, thus reducing this natural feature from approximately 7.5 acres to 4.2 acres. Based on the impacts to the western wooded area, it has been determined that the design will try and limit any additional impacts to natural site features by limiting some of the landscaped islands at the outer edges of the parking areas. By creating landscaped islands throughout the outer edges of the parking lots where they are not currently proposed, we would effectively be removing parking stalls, which would require us to remove more of the wooded area to the west to provide parking stalls that were removed to accommodate landscaped islands. To mitigate the loss of the landscape islands, the site design has incorporated a new east-west “green belt” (green belt is approximately 60’ in width and runs the entire length of the proposed Phase 2 improvements) located directly north of the proposed corporate building expansion. This wooded green belt will provide two site amenities; the first being an enhanced entry experience for staff and visitors to the site (imagine exiting your car and walking thru the woods to the front door of the new corporate building), and secondly, provide a view into a natural landscaped area for users in the new corporate building (existing buildings on the site have been designed to maximize views to natural areas and limit views to the parking lots). 2. As part of the proposed work in Phase 1 (South parking lot), we have defined 18,172 sf. of planting islands, which would exceed the current zoning code by approximately 150%. The combined Phase 1 and Phase 2 parking lot islands would average to approximately 7.62% of the total parking lot areas on site, which is significantly closer to the required 10%. Project Schedule The project will occur July 2016 – January 2019. See schedule below for additional detail. Land O'Lakes Headquarters Consolidation Project Schedule TASK START FINISH Preconstruction Planning & Design 01/04/2016 06/02/2017 Schematic Design 01/04/2016 04/01/2016 PUD Applications South Lot Final PUD Application Submittal 05/02/2016 Campus Master PUD Application Submittal 05/02/2016 Campus Final PUD Application Submittal 06/06/2016 Design Development 04/04/2016 07/13/2016 Construction Documents 04/04/2016 06/02/2017