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I I. I I I I I I I 18 I I I I I I I. I I 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 LAlCBBC, 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 of the Master Plan. The 35,000-square foot Building 0 (the former Nestle's building) situated on a 7.I-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, process equipment will be removed from the west side of the building. The land uses proposed for the campus Master Plan are consistent with the existing site land use, as well as the City's 1998 Comprehensive Plan (see Figures 5 and 6). The 1998 Comprehensive Plan zoning map identifies the proposed campus and areas north and south of the campus as I-I (Limited Industrial District) (sce Figure 7). The purpose for an I-I (Limited Industrial District) is to allow only those types and intensities of industrial uses that do not detract from the surrounding area and to maintain performance standards to keep the intensity of land utilization lower than in the general Industrial District. The Guidant Master Plan proposes campus developmcnt within the area currently occupied by office/limited industrial uses and maintains a "green" buffer between the campus and adjacent land uses in conformity with zoning regulations. Land use in the areas northwest and west of the AUAR study area (in the City of Arden Hills) includes single-family residential. Land use immediately north and south of the study area (also in the City of Arden Hills) is dominated by commercial/business development (office buildings). The CSM Corporation owns and occupies office buildings north of the campus. The Fair Isaac Company is a tenant of this office complex and employs approximately 700 people. An Xcel Energy electrical sub-station is located directly south of the campus, north of CR F. Arden Woods Office Building, located south of CR F and the campus, is a three-story multi-tenant office building. Also located south of the campus is the Land 0' Lakes corporate headquarters. Land use east of the study area (in the City of Shoreview) is dominated by business campuses, including the Medtronics business campus, and also includes townhomes and apartment buildings. Guidant Campus Master Plan Final AUAR and Mitigation Plan January 2003 - ]0-