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r l (1(\1 (b) Schools The proposed project would result in approximately 91 additional students from the housing units. Approximately 60 ofthe additional students would be evenly divided among the six grade levels at Pinewood Elementary School. If these students were to arrive in the Winter of 1999, one additional classroom would be added for Kindergarten and one for Grade 4. This could be accommodated within the Pinewood Elementary School building, without deviating from District classroom size target ranges. The relatively small projected increase at the junior and senior high schools is not expected to significantly impact school operations even in the short term. There is currently relatively more unused capacity at the District's junior. and senior high schools, Edgewood and Irondale, respectively, than at the elementary schools. Overall, the Mounds View School District is expecting a long-term, gradual decline in school enrollment. Therefore, the additional student population generated by the housing units proposed for the project site will not have a significant impact on long-term District school operations. 1.4.14 Compatibility With Plans The type, mix and density proposed for Rice Creek Corporate Park is corisistent with the type, mix and density of land uses designated in the amended Comprehensive Plan for the project site. The proposed Rice Creek Parkway traverses Ramsey County-owned property designated recreation open space/park in the current Comprehensive Plan. This property is part of the Rice Creek North Regional Trail property referred to in the Rice Creek North Regional Trail Corridor Master Plan, ("Rice Creek North Master Plan") prepared by Ramsey County Parks and Recreation Department, December 1997. The Ramsey County Home Rule Charter and County Board Resolution No. 93-201 establish a "no net loss of park land" policy. In addition, LA WCON funds provided partial funding for Ramsey County acquisition of a portion of this property. As a result, the City's proposed construction of Rice Creek Parkway through Ramsey County property will require City conveyance of suitable replacement property to satisfy the Ramsey County "no net loss" policy as well as federal LA WCON requirements. This proposal is expressly recognized in the Rice Creek North Master Plan (Vll-2) which states that "in order to provide road access from County Road I, the City would propose to exchange a part of their (MnIDOT] parcel contiguous to an existing scenic easement acquired by Ramsey County along the southern boundary of the University property, for an equivalent portion of the trail corridor adjacent to Interstate Highway 35W right-of-way." 1.5 MITIGATION PLAN As documented in the DElS the mitigation measures proposed for the alternative project are substantially the same as the proposed project. WISP ARK Rice Creek Corporate Park Draft EIS December 10, 1998 Page 10 I .' I I I I I I . .