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City of Arden Hills – 2030 Comprehensive Plan Approved: September 28, 2009 9-3 In 2006, Ramsey County acquired 113 acres of land within the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (TCAAP) property for the Rice Creek North Regional Tail Corridor. The new trail corridor is located in the northwestern corner of the TCAAP site adjacent to Rice Creek and Interstate 35W. This land was transferred to the County by the National Park Service as part of the Federal Lands to Parks Program. An amendment to the Rice Creek North Regional Trail Corridor Master Plan in 2003, identified an additional 49 acres to the east of the existing area to be acquired as a wildlife corridor. Following the County’s purchase of 427 acres of the TCAAP site for redevelopment, a subsequent amendment was made to the Master Plan identifying 60 additional acres for the Rice Creek North Regional Trail Corridor. This area generally extends from Highway 96 to County Road I and would facilitate a trailhead entry, additional trails, and a 150 foot wide trail corridor along the eastern side of the TCAAP development. Designated a regional park in 2006, the 217 acre Tony Schmidt Regional Park extends from the northern shore of Lake Johanna to the west side of Mounds View High School on Lake Valentine Road. Perry Park, a City of Arden Hills park, divides Tony Schmidt Park; however, a railroad underpass completed in 2006 provides a trail connection across Charles Perry Park to the two sections of Tony Schmidt Park. While much of the park is open space, the park offers a variety of amenities and is connected to local paths. There are a number of regional parks within a short distance of Arden Hills. Long Lake Regional Park is located in New Brighton, and the Snail Lake Regional Park is in Shoreview. The Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Park Preserve is in Shoreview, Circle Pines, and Lino Lakes. 9.3 ARDEN HILLS PARK AND RECREATION SYSTEM Arden Hills has 15 City parks ranging in size from one acre to 28 acres and other open areas that cover more than 145 acres (Figure 9.2 and Table 9.1). There is also approximately 11 miles of paths, which are primarily located on or adjacent to County roads. The surface of these paths varies between asphalt, concrete, gravel, wood chip mulch, and grass. The parks in Arden Hills provide a variety of amenities ranging from tennis courts and playgrounds to baseball diamonds and picnic shelters (Table 9.1). The City parks are well-distributed throughout Arden Hills south of Highways 96 and 10 and most residents are within one mile of a City park; however, controlled access roads interfere with convenient access to some parks that would otherwise be close by. South of Highways 96 and 10, there are four lakes entirely within Arden Hills and one lake shared by Arden Hills and Roseville. Lake Johanna and Lake Josephine have public access and beaches, though the public access and beach for Lake Josephine is in Roseville. Lake Valentine is a relatively shallow lake adjacent to Bethel University