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e e e CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: January 11, 1999 TO: Mayor and City Conncil Kevin Ringwald, Assistant to the City AdministratoA ~ WisPark Draft EIS - U ofM site - Shoreview ~ FROM: SUBJECT: ReQuest The City Council is requested to provide direction on responding to the Draft ElS for the WisPark development in Shoreview. Background The City of Arden Hills received from the City Engineer (Greg Brown ofBRW, Inc.) on March 16, 1998, a report on traffic along the Highway 10 corridor. This report included traffic projection for TCAAP based on its future land use plan (Exbibit A). This report predicts that 23,700 vehicular trips per day would gain access to TCAAP via County Road I. The access to County Road I would be via TCAAP Road (opposite of Schutt a Road in Shoreview) and the 1- 35W frontage road (currently serving the Drivers Training facility). The Staff attended a meeting at Shoreview on March 27, 1998, to discuss the potential traffic impacts ofthe development of the U ofM site in Shoreview. The meeting was attended by the adjacent cities (Arden Hills, Blaine, and Mounds View), County representatives (Ramsey and Anoka), MnDOT, and various consulting firms. The City Staff provided all attendees with a copy of Highway 10 corridor study. The City Staff also made the attendees aware that the City and the DOD were working on releasing for redevelopment lands adjacent to 1-35W on TCAAP, which would have traffic impacts on County Road 1. The City of Shoreview provided to the City of Arden Hills the Draft EIS on the Wispark development on December 15, 1998 (Exhibit B). WisPark plans to develop the property with a mixture of business park/commercial, residential, and recreational uses (Exhibit C). Approximately 70 percent (105 acres) of the developable land will be used for business park and commercial uses while the remaining 30 percent will be developed with medium density residential uses (6-7 units per acre) and parkland. The project will include 1,234,000 square feet of Business Park, 59,000 square feet of commercial, and 304 dwelling units. The WisPark development is located on a 230-acre parcel, which was previously owner by the U ofM (Exhibit D). The project also includes the acquisition of23 acres owned by MnDOT and a narrow strip of land (to be used for a road connection to County Road I) owned by Ramsey County Parks and Recreation.