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EC2 How much land does the plan set aside for bnsiness opportunities? Indicators . Variety of potential business-generating land uses to which the plan allocates land. . Degree to which the plan provides enough market diversity and flexibility to sustain business activity and formation over time in the face of technological, social and economic changes. . Total amount of land set aside in the plan for potential business-generating land uses. . Extent to which the plan sets aside lands that are higWy visible and highly accessible for business-gencrating land uses. AIl Plans: All of the plans provide sufficient market diversity and flexibility to sustain economic development over time, even in the wake of major changes in business practices. In addition, the plans all allocate to business uses the most visible and regionally accessible properties: sites along I-35W, US 10 and CSAH 96. Office/Industrial: This plan shows business areas in two different types of retail use, several different types of office use (corporateihigh-rent office, low-scale professional/service, and office/warehouse), and light industrial use with or without rail service. This offers a very wide range of potential business opportunities for a wide range of company types, both large- and small-scale. This plan also sets aside the largest amount of land for business- generating uses --- 650 acres, or more than a full square mile. Overall rating: Excellent Town Center: Like the Office/Industrial, plan, this plan shows several different types of business areas: retail/commercial, officeihusiness and office/industrial. It also includes two major sites that present other types of opportunities, the town center and the special opportunity site. About 560 acres of land, or 22% of the site, are set aside for business uses. Overall rating: Excellent Open Space: This scenario contains space for retail, officeihusiness, office/industrial and a special opportunity. It also includes an area for a major sports complex, which may be wholly or partly private. Therefore, although it does not provide the same range of opportunities as the Office/Industrial and Town Center plans, it remains a viable economic development option. About 507 acres are set aside for business. (Without this complex: 294 acres) Overall rating: Good Residential: In this scenario, the acreage allotted to business areas is significantly less, only about 310. It includes areas reserved for three different types of retail use, two different types of office use and the special opportunity site. Overall rating: Good EC3 Can AIliant TechsysteffiS be accommodated on the site in the short term (say, 10 years) and long term? Indicators . Extent to which redevelopment site corresponds to the location of Alliant's current facility. . Extent to which the plan assumes consolidation or elimination of existing ammunition storage magazines and bunkers. . Extent to which the plan contains a site or area to which Alliant Tech could relocate. AIl Plans: All plans assume that Alliant Tech's operations will be consolidated into a considerably smaller area (at present, their operations and safety arcs occupy 35-40% of the total site), or that the company will leave the site altogether. The current image presented by its facility, as well as the danger implied by the scattershot placement of 50-year-old, somewhat ramshackle storage magazines, is a very poor one that would deter any significant new investment. It is conceivable that Alliant Tech could relocate to another part of the site, particularly in the Office/Industrial plan. If such a move were to take place, the new facility would have to conform to local siting and appearance standards. The Army Reserve Center provides a good example of how an essentially industrial facility can be properly sited Camiros, Ltd./SEH. Inc./LHDL, Ltd. TCAAP Framework Plan Page 20 Chapter IV I J I I I I I I I .. I I I I I I J I I