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..- ~ ("",'61f J/ lis e 2.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 2.1 PROJECT LOCATION The proposed project is located on a 230-acre parcel of land in the city of Shoreview, Ramsey County at the southeast comer of the intersection of 1-35W and County Road J (NW 1,4; N V2, SW 1;.\; and NW %, NE % of section 4, Township 30 North, Range 23 West, city of Shoreview, Ramsey County, Minnesota), The proposed project location is shown on Figures 2-1, 2-2 and 2-3. 2.2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ~ Proposed Development The proposed project is a mixed-use development on a 230-acre project site in the southeast quadrant of 1-35W and County Road J in the city of Shoreview. 207 acres of the project site are currently owned by the University of Minnesota (UU of M") and about 23 acres immediately south of the U of M parcel are currently owned by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (uMnDOT"), Rice Creek North Regional Trail Corridor ("Rice Creek North"), Rice Creek and a wetland complex adjoin the project site on the east and south. Figure 2-4 shows current land ownership. . About I 05 acres of the project site are proposed for business park, office and commercial uses. 46 acres are proposed for medium density residential use, 10 acres for youth athletic fields and 55 acres are proposed for wetlands, ponds and scenic easements. A total of 1,293,000 gross square feet of commercial and industrial land use is proposed, together with 304 attached residential units. The following sub-categories of commercial/industrial use are proposed: business park - 1,030,000 square feet; office park - 204,000 square feet; and commercial - 59,000 square feet. Figure 2-5 provides the proposed project site plan. Related Infrastructure Improvements The proposed project requires construction of a north-south collector roadway connecting County Road J on the north with County Road I on the south. The north-south roadway is hereinafter referred to as "Rice Creek Parkway." Rice Creek Parkway will be a municipal state-aid street with an 80-foot wide right of way. The proposed Rice Creek Pmkway traverses the MnDOT property, the undeveloped Rice Creek North property and two 60-inch diameter aqueducts owned by the SI. Paul Water Utility. Through the project site, Rice Creek Parkway will be a four-lane roadway. The roadway will transition to two lanes through the MnDOT property and will have two lanes through the Rice Creek North property to minimize impacts on parklands, wetlands and floodplains. The Rice Creek Parkway approach to County Road I will have a total of five lanes. . The Ramsey County Home Rule Charter and County Board Resolution No. 93-201 establish a "no net loss of park land" policy. Land and Water Conservation Funds ("LA WCON") provided partial funding for Ramsey County's acquisition of a portion of the Rice Creek North property and Metropolitan Council regional park funds were also used. As a result, the City of Shoreview's ("City's") proposed construction of Rice Creek Parkway through Rice Creek North will require City WISP ARK Rice Creek Corporale Park Draft EIS December 10, 1998 Page 19