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I I" . f I t t I I I ,. I, I , I I I I. I I Gf Ir? southern boundary of the MnDOT property to County Road I is proposed to be constructed through Rice Creek North property referred to in the Rice Creek North Regional Trail Corridor Master Plan. This property is owned by Ramsey County and is designated open space. The Rice Creek North property is protected by the Home Rule Charter for Ramsey County which states that there will be "no net loss of parkland." In accordance with this policy, parkland converted to a different use must be replaced in an equivalent amount and of similar quality, Metropolitan Council regional park funds and Federal Land and Water Conservation (LA WCON) funds were used to acquire the Ramsey County property. The conversion of parkland purchased with LA WCON funds to a different use requires replacement property of-equal or greater appraised value and of equivalent recreational usefulness, The proposed construction of Rice Creek Parkway will cross approximately 1,400 feet of Ramsey County's Rice Creek North Trail site. The parcel of county property required for Rice Creek Parkway is 6.21 acres in size and is a mix of wetland and sloping upland. There are no structures or any recreational enhancements (i.e. trails) within or abutting the impacted property, The proposed roadway has been designed to minimize, to the extent practical, the extent of encroachment into the Rice Creek North property. The proposed project will provide 10 acres for youth athletic fields. The components and design of the youth athletic fields will be studied further by the City of 5horeview. A new trail along the eastern and southern edge of the residential units is also proposed. The new trail will cross Rice Creek via a newly constructed pedestrian bridge and connect to the existing Rice Creek North trail system. 1.4.13 Infrastructure and Public Services (a) Utilities Lateral connections to available trunk service will be required to serve the project site. The proposed Rice Creek Parkway will traverse the two 60-inch diameter aqueducts owned by the 51. Paul Water Utility. Initial contacts with the 51. Paul Water Utility indicate that, while they try to minimize the number of crossings over these aqueducts, such a crossing may be possible. The City proposes therefore to lower the two aqueducts over a distance of approximately 400 feet to allow for the Rice Creek Parkway crossing. In a related project, the City of Shoreview will be providing municipal water service to the project site via an extension of the existing water main located to the east, along Lexington Avenue, The proposed water main will be extended west to the property;1hen southerly to connect t{) -QIl existing dead-end water main located in Schutta Road. Lateral extensions through the minor streets of the proposed development will provide water service to the individual parcelslbuildings. Municipal sanitary sewer service is provided indirectly by a sixty inch (60") Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES) Interceptor, which runs along the easterly boundary of the project site. Extension from the MCES Interceptor to the proposed development will be necessary and made in accordance with relevant standards or requirements of the MCES. WISP ARK Rice Creek Corporate Park DraftEIS December 10, 1998 Page 9