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--) lW o ~ The central portion of the TCAAP site provides an opportunity to protect some unique features, including the kames and the Desmodium illionense (Illinois Tick-treefoil). This area includes the gravel pit, which has been carved into a portion of one of the glacial kames. This primarily upland area - .-wiU-btl-in&luded in thtl planntld Op6R cpace, in conjlJllCtioll ,,<it" Marsden Lake to the east and a corridor leading to Rice Creek to the west as part ofthe larger contiguous open space area. . 2. Recreation - Approximately 70 contiguous acres is designated for a joint recreation facility that can be used and supported by the broader community. The location for the joint community athletic complex is within the northern portion of the property, surrounded to the southeast, south and west by open space, and to the north by Institutional land, and to the northeast by housing. At least 25 contiguous acres ofland are designated for a community park for the City of Arden Hills in the Civic Center area. Until such time that the property becomes excessed, the general public will be allowed access to the facility for outdoor recreational activities in appropriate areas. An historic/nature interpretive center may be developed on the site. Buffer zones are needed between the residential areas and critical areas of the park preserve. These buffer zones, approximately 180 acres, could be used for either passive natural areas or active recreation. . 3. Housing - Approximately 400 acres is designated for the development of residential housing. Housing will be constructed in locations that do not impinge on the natural resources to be protected. Housing will be located as shown on the Future Land Use Map (Figure 5.2), generally situated on the northern portion of the property, abutting County Road I, east of the proposed institutional land, and abutting the joint community athletic fields. Housing may also be located on a portion ofland between commercial! industrial! office space development and the buffer zone designated as "active/passive recreation." It may extend all the way down to Highway 96 in the south. Future population and other circumstances may dictate a need for more educational space. If the need develops for greater educational space, school development will be designed in such a manner as to minimize the amount of land needed, to use the features of the land to encourage that it does not inmnge upon nor use open space. . City of Arden Hills Comprehensive Plan - 1998 Land Use Page 26