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9. LAND USE . EAW: DESCRIBE CURRENT AND RECENT PAST LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE AND ON ADJACENT LANDS, DISCUSS THE COMPATmn.JTY OF THE PROJECT WITH ADJACENT AND NEARBY LAND USES; INDICATE WHETHER ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS INVOLVE ENVIRONMENTAL MATI'ERS. IDENTIFY ANY POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD DUE TO PAST LAND USES, SUCH AS SOIL CONTAMINATION OR ABANDONED STORAGE TANKS. AUAR: No changes from the EA W form. The AUAR study area is an approximately 92.7-acre site in the eastern central part of the City of Arden Hills located approximately three-quarters of a mile north of the Lexington AvenuelI-694 interchange (see Figure 2), The AUAR study area has been developed for approximately 40 years and currently includes office and limited industrial land uses. Approximately 28.5 acres of undeveloped land has remained on the site including wetlands, wooded areas, brush and grassland. Guidant Corporation has owned a rectangular parcel of the site encompassing approximately 45 acres in the southwest corner (where existing Buildings A, B, C, D and E are located) since the mid-1970s. The eastern portion of the site (where existing . Building F is located) was owned and occupied by Control Data Systems from 1962 until 1998. The site was originally used in 1962 by Control Data Systems as a computer manufacturing facility but was converted into office spaces for Control Data Systems and individual tenant spaces when manufacturing was discontinued at the site in the 1980s. Control Data Systems occupied a majority of the office space and the remainder was leased to tenants that had limited manufacturing or office space needs. The site was owned by LNCBBC, Inc., a California firefighter's pension, from 1998 until 2000. Several tenants including Guidant, lease space in Building F. Guidant has been a tenant of Building F since 1995, and they purchased the majority of the site (all properties except for Building 0) in 2000. The other tenants will not continue to occupy the campus as part ofthe Master Plan. The 35,000-square foot Building 0 (the former Nestle's building) situated on a 7.l-acre lot located northwest of the existing Guidant structures was recently (August 2002) purchased. Building 0 was formerly used for manufacturing dog food but will be used by Guidant for a research team (consisting of 25 to 30 employees) as well as for storage. As part of this acquisition, proccss equipment will be removed from the west side of the building. . Guidant Campus Master Plan Draft AUAR -9 - September 2002