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7/'1r' 'I PARK DEDICATION I Welsh Companies has been working with City staff to detennine the appropriate means of park .. dedication for an industrial subdivision ofthis scale and location. The City's Park & Recreation goals for this area include the preservation of the visual quality of Round Lake and to sensitively develop a I City trail along the West Side of Round Lake. To accommodate these goals, the plat includes a Conservation Easement along the entire Round Lake frontage, a Wetland Easement to preserve an expanded wetland and a 20-foot wide Trail Easement, which will allow for a 10 foot wide bituminous trail. The physical location of the trail easement falls entirely within the Conservation and Wetland I Easements. The area ofthe Conservation Easement is 55,154.96 square feet and the area of the Wetland Easement is 135,070 square feet, for a total of 190,229.96 square feet. The combined easements more than satisfy the City's 10% Park dedication for the development, requiring 124,755.84 square feet of the I 1,247,558.4 square feet. -- SITE DESIGN I Many factors were considered in creating an aesthetically pleasing business setting which minimizes, and I ' when possible avoids, impact to existing wetlands and compliment the natural attributes of the land, The proposed Gateway Business Center consists of three office/warehouse building modules, each with a I least one truck loading dock area with office and loading entrances located on opposite sides of one another. The ratio of office to warehouse space within each module is proposed to be 80% warehousel20% office. Each of the three buildings varies slightly in size due to the project site ~ constraints. The building sizes and orientation are as follows: The Phase II building is 104,532 sq. ft, in size and is located in the southwestern portion of the site with loading areas on the north side and the office/parking facilities along the south side of the building.' The Phase III building is 115,575 sq. ft. in . size and is located southeast of II with parking/office areas facing northwest and loading areas facing southeast. The Phase IV building is 102,360 sq. ft. in size and is located in the southeast portion of the site with loading facilities facing northwest and parking/office areas facing southeast. I The overall building placement and design creates shared access routes for loading docks to safeguard pedestrian and vehicular circulation and to create an attractive visual image for the development. The I access point of the existing 14th Street NE will be maintained as the proposed Round Lake Court. Round Lake Court will serve as a shared truck loading access between the Phase II building and the existing Phase I building on the northeast corner of the site. This design avoids impact to the three I wetland areas adjacent to Round Lake Road West. Round Lake Court will tenninate in a cul-de-sac to , maximize the development potential of the site. A similar relationship exists between the Phase III and IV buildings. The parallel placement of both buildings creates a shared service area and limited I employee parking with access from Gateway Boulevard as it is proposed along the southern boundary of the site. This alignment of Gateway Boulevard also creates a pennanent access route to the radio tower ' east of the development. Substantial landscaping and benning will shield both loading areas from public view along the proposed Gateway Boulevard and Round Lake Road West. I I HKS ASSOCIATES, INC. Page 5 GATEWAY BUSINESS CENTER .. September 17, ] 997 for Welsh Development Co., LLC ~.."''''''''''''''''''. 1.\....!,~l."'1...U1ullll.crn<.l ".~'rll,:'_';\lf"l:,\:,"t::l\'RT:' . tK.'.\" i'l_\~"l....r, .~."..,..t ,~",,j.), \,::,'."'.l('r;","~:,~'lf;f:"