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RICE CREEK NORTH REGIONAL TRAIL MASTER PLAN | 6 TCAAP site as a federal arms ammunition plan began in 1941 and lasted until 1976. The site was developed with more than 300 buildings and at its peak had 26,000 workers, 37 miles of roads, 83 miles of sewer, and 40 miles of electric and telephone lines. Between 1974 and 1985 the federal government started decommissioning the property. In 1995 planning for the acquisition of land in the central segment again began to pick up with the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant Reutilization plan. In 1996, Congressman Bruce Vento formed the TCAAP Reutilization Commission for preparation of the TCAAP Framework Plan. Production of special munitions continued on a limited basis in some areas until 2005. The 1998 Rice Creek North Master Plan identified 113 acres of TCAAP property to be acquired for the regional trail corridor. Located in the northwester corner of TCAAP, the property includes Rice Creek, an archaeological area, and wildlife habitat. This property was transferred to Ramsey County in 2006 by the National Park Service as part of the Federal Lands to Park Program. Ramsey County is obligated to make the site available for public recreational use, as well as preserve and protect the one acre archaeological site located on the property. The 2003 Rice Creek North Regional Trail Master Plan Amendment, and the 2006 Ramsey County System Plan identified an additional 49 acres of TCAAP property to be acquired as a wildlife corridor. The wildlife corridor is considered a critical link to the 1,500 acre Arden Hills Army Training Site (AHATS). In 2012, a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) established a partnership between Ramsey County and the City of Arden Hills with the goal of remediation and productive reuse for the remaining 427-acre TCAAP site, otherwise known as Rice Creek Commons. Ramsey County has purchased the TCAAP site from the United States Government, and worked to remediate the site to residential standards including the demolition of the remaining buildings. The 2013 Rice Creek North Regional Trail Master Plan Amendment identified an additional 60 acres to be transferred to Ramsey County Parks & Recreation for the regional trail corridor which included the wildlife corridor area for a total of 93 acres. This would extend the park corridor to County Road I to facilitate the construction of a shared entry road to access a proposed tralhead, trails, adjacent areas within AHATS by the national guard, and a potential area east of the park corridor known as the primer tracer area. Also included is a 150 foot corridor that will establish a trail and prairie corridor to Highway 96 on the South. This this land transfer was completed ¡¤£¦77 ¡¤£¦3 ¡¤£¦96 )*10 §¨¦35W 0 0.25 0.5 0.75 1 Miles ¡¤£¦77 ¡¤£¦3 ¡¤£¦96 )*108§¨¦35W ¡¤£¦77 ¡¤£¦3 ¡¤£¦96 )*10 §¨¦35W 1998 PLAN 2003 AMENDMENT 2019 PLAN Evolution of the Rice Creek North Regional Trail Corridor