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e - -. Special Use Pennil Requirements Ramsey County /uls worked diligemly to develop this project in accordance with the City's Special Use Pennit requirements. We believe the Project Design Team has in all cases met, and in some cases exceeded, the City's expectations for the Projecl as Olalined in the City's letter to the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners, daled January_iS, 2002. Three major items identified by the City became the focus of the Project Design Team's work: . Zoning. This project design adheres to the high quality standards set by the City for specljication o{building materials and landscaping features. Overhead garage doors, parking lots, and other 1lI1sigl1lly elements have been creatively screened. Indoor parking has been idemljied for all maintenance vehicles and related equipmcm. The site design was developed with an understanding of the need to soften the view of the new facility from the south, along Highway 96 andji-om the residemial area sonlh o{the Projecl Sile; . Project Design. The design is consistent with the City's direction to use high-quality materials for both the building and the landscaping. The new structure should have a use{ullife of 50-plus years and its design will be accommodating to future area developmellts. Extensive use ollandscaping materials and benning has been idelltified in the schematic design with the goal ofpresen'ing the best natural features of the site. . Process. Ramsey COHnty has worked effectively with our public partners to accommodate all our Ileeds while meeting strict fillancial parameters. Several Ardell Hills represematives have played active roles ill the desigll of the Arden Hills portion o{ the facility specifically as well as the overall building design To date, the County has met with the City's Maintenallce Facility Task Force, appeared before the City Coullcil ill a workshop sessioil. and invited over 800 Arden Hills residems near the site to attelld an open house soliciting tlwir comments Oil the schematic desigll plans for the project. Ramse}' County remains com mitred to ensllring on-going communication among the Pro)'ectpartllers and encouraUillO the exchmlOe oj'creative ideas as we l,roceed to .000. develop the project. Additional Information · The Environmental Assessmel1l used in the cOllsideration of land transFer is also included and serves for information only. A new Environmental Assessment is not required for this project since the occupied portion of the building (excludes parking areas) falls under the minimum size per State guidelines, · The traffic study completed for this proiect is included in Attachment 2. · Other attachments offered for information purposes include an artist's rendering of the exterior (Attachment i), e.xamples of proposed quality of architectural precast wall panels (Attachment 4), conceptual view of site from City Hall (Attachmel1l 5), and proposed site lighting fixture speCification sheets (Attachrnent 6).