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<br />c. <br /> <br />DESIGNATED PARKS, RECREATION AREAS, OR TRAILS? <br /> <br />NO l YES <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />AUAR: <br />If development of the A UAR area will interfere with or change the use of any existing such <br />resource, this should be described in the AUAR. The RGU may also want to discuss under <br />this item any proposed parks, recreation areas, or trails to be developed in conjunction <br />with development of the A UAR area. <br /> <br />Parks <br /> <br />Cummings Park is a city park located north of the AUAR study area (north of Guidant <br />Drive North) (see Figure 2). The park is approximately 17.5 acres in size and includes <br />tennis and basketball courts, a hockey/skating rink and warming house, a soccer field, a <br />softballlbaseball diamond, playgronnd equipment, a picnic shelter and a trail system. <br /> <br />Main access to the park via automobile is currently gained via Guidant Drive North or <br />Fernwood Avenue, with parking available in a parking lot off of Guidant Drive North. <br />With the proposed development, there are plans to ultimately vacate Fernwood Avenue as <br />a public street. This vacation will limit vehicles wishing to access the park to just one <br />access point-Guidant Drive North. A two-lane campus drive will be constructed to replace <br />the existing Fernwood Avenue. Traffic will be unable to travel on the road between the <br />business hours of 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, with the use of <br />sensitively designed control arms. One of the barricades will be located just north of the . <br />east-west drive to parking ramps 5 and 6 (see Figure 4). The other barricade will be <br />located just south of the new Guidant Drive North cui de sac. The gate will be activated by <br />guards and able to be opened by emergency personnel. Bicyclist and pedestrian users will <br />continue to be able to access the park via local and regional trails, as described below. The <br />proposed project will not result in the acquisition of park property. <br /> <br />Trails <br /> <br />Existing city trails in or near the AUAR study area include an asphalt walk/trail that runs <br />through the northwestern portion of the study area, connecting Cumming Park with Floral <br />Park, which is just west of Hamline Avenue. This trail connects to existing asphalt <br />walk/trails along Hamline Avenue and Lexington A venue. <br /> <br />Planned city trail connections in the study area are identified in the City's conditionally <br />approved 1998 Comprehensive Plan and include a 0.7-mile trail connection on CR F from <br />Lexington Avenue to Hamline Avenue with an extension north to the existing trail on <br />Hamline Avenue. <br /> <br />The proposed campus will not impact any of the City trails. Sidewalks planned for the <br />campus will provide internal circulation on the campus for employees and other <br />pedestrians. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Guidant Campus Master Plan <br />Draft AUAR <br /> <br />- 53 - <br /> <br />September 2002 <br />