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bounded by the Ardens Hills Army Training Site on the north, east, and south and the Rice Creek Corridor on the west. Maplewood Development, Inc. and it’s affiliate, Belair Sitework Services, Inc., will undertake to demolish older, existing, abandoned buildings which are all past their useful life and are no longer being utilized by the United States Government. Additionally, sitewide environmental remediation work will be undertaken under permit with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). This preparatory work is estimated to take 4-6 months. Site topography is generally flat on the subject site, but it is surrounded by significant elevation and natural environmental changes along its’ perimeter, with a man-made berm on the south edge of the property to the north and natural grade changes to the west and south, including natural wetlands which provide significant separation from all developed areas and, specifically, separation from future proposed development to the south and east. Ramsey County Parks owns property to the west and there are plans to improve that area with trails and perhaps, other Park- related facilities. The site will be accessible through an Easement granted by the United States Government to Ramsey County as Grantee and to the Hillview Property Owner as Sub-Grantee. This 100’ wide Easement dictates that a private road is to be constructed, maintained, and operated by the parties to the Easement Agreement, in perpetuity. The width of the Easement allows for municipal services to be constructed to serve both properties from County Road I south to both sites, but the question of where Sewer and Water can best serve these properties must be addressed now. The Consulting Engineer for the Developer, Alliant Engineering, has reached out to the City of Arden Hills Public Works Department, as well as the City of Shoreview Public Works Director, to determine the most feasible, least intrusive, and easily maintained source and system for this connection. There are two possible sources that will be illustrated during Concept Review for consideration by the Council, as this is the key component in determining the developability of the site.through an agreement between Ramsey County and the owner of the Property. The width of the easement was planned to accommodate municipal services t LAND USE AND ZONING DESIGNATIONS The development Property is guided for the following land use within the City’s 2040 Land Use Plan: P/OS Park & Open Space In spite of the current open space zoning on the Hillview parcels, we believe that the proposed development plan is consistent with the City of Arden Hills goals for the property and is the highest and best use for this site in particular. The following is a summary of primary project elements currently proposed: • Creation of an Office-Warehouse Park with a variety of Buildings and Uses as shown. • Infrastructure turn lane improvements to County Road I. • Construction of an Access Road to be Operated and Maintained by Joint Agreement with Ramsey County.