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<br /> <br />CITY OF SHOREVIEW <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />Sandy Martin, Mayor <br />Blake Hutfm~~ <br />Tom LandweW <br />Terry Quigley <br />Ady Wickstrom <br /> <br />4600 Victoria Street North, Shoreview, MN 55126 <br />(651) 490,4600 Fax (651) 490,4699 <br />(651) 490,4750 Voice/TTY <br />www.ci.shoreview.mn.us <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br /> <br />OCT - 4 2002 <br /> <br />Octobcr 2, 2002 <br /> <br />Mr. Aaron Parrish <br />Community Services Director <br />City of Arden Hills <br />]245 W, Highway 96 <br />Arden Hills, MN 55112 <br /> <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br /> <br />Re: Planning Case #02-28: Guidant Mastcr Plan Planned Unit Development and <br />Preliminary Plat <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Parrish: <br /> <br />The City has reviewed the information provided regarding the proposed Guidant Master <br />Plan Planned Unit Development and Preliminary Plat for the Guidant Corporation <br />Business Campus, The plan has bcen reviewed by our staff to determine the potential <br />impacts this development will have on neighboring land uses in Shoreview, specifically <br />along the Lexington Avenue corridor. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Land Use Impacts, Land uses within the City of Shoreview near this site include a <br />mixture of business park uses and attached residential uses. Although these land uses are <br />cOlmected with the Guidant property by the Lexington Avenue corridor, the roadway also <br />provides separation because of its width and design. It appears that the proposed <br />development concept attempts to tmifY the business campus while maintaining a <br />relatively low vi sua] impact for surrounding land uses. This is achieved through the use <br />of open space and clustering of taller buildings towards the center of the site, In staffs <br />opinion, the proposed development concept will not have a significant land use impact <br />due to the overall development concept and characteristics of Lexington A venue, <br /> <br />Traffic Impacts. Staff also reviewed the Traffic Study Overview to determine the <br />proposal's traffic impact on Lexington Avenue. The following summarizes traffic and <br />roadway related concerns: <br /> <br />The City recognizes that Lexington A venuc falls undcr the jurisdiction of <br />Ramsey County, For this level of development to occur, Ramsey County must <br />be willing to program the planned roadway improvements in their <br />Transportation Improvement Plan, If these planned changes are not <br />programmed and completed in conjunction with the proposed site <br />improvements, Shoreview would have serious concerns on the further <br />degradation of service levels in an area that already needs intersection and <br />capacity improvements based upon current traffic volumes, Furthermorc, the <br /> <br />. <br />