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<br />- <br />~ <br /> <br />RAMSEY COUNTY <br /> <br />Office of the County Manager <br />David J. Twa, County Manager <br /> <br /> <br />250 Court House <br />15 West Kellogg Boulevard <br />St. Paul, MN 55102 <br /> <br />TeJ: 651- 266-8000 <br />Fax: 651-266-8039 <br />e-mail: david.twa@co.ramsey.mn.us <br /> <br />. WorkingwiLh You <br />to Enhance Our Quality of Life <br /> <br />Memorandum <br /> <br />Date: <br /> <br />October 20, 2008 <br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />James Lehnhoff: Arden Hills City Planner <br /> <br />From: <br /> <br />Janet Guthrie, Senior Policy Analy <br /> <br /> <br />Re: <br /> <br />Draft 2008 Comprehensive Plan for City of Arden Hills <br /> <br />Please accept this response from Ramsey County, based on the review of the City of Arden <br />Hills' Draft 2008 Comprehensive Plan by Ramsey County staff: <br /> <br />Environmental Health comments: <br />The plan is quite t~orough, . a'!4 it. includes a l1!ealtlJ. of informatif?n} po~ictesJ and str.ategies <br />pertaining to environmental protection andsustqinabil~tY, .including.a'comm!~ment to <br />increase recycling, .. . - ..._ <br /> <br />Ramsey Conservation District comments: . . . <br />The Ramsey Conservation District encourages all municipalities in the County to emphasize <br />the protection of groundwater quality as strongly as surface water quality. (See protected <br />resources goals, page 10-1.) <br /> <br />The Ramsey Conservation District supports the City's effort to identify and protect <br />archaeological sites such as the Round Lake site (see page 10-8). <br /> <br />Parks and Recreation comments: <br />The following modifications reference the specific pages and sections of the City's Plan <br />(strikeout = remove language, underline = substitute language): <br />· Page 9-3 under Section 9.2: URamsey County is currently' cOJ1slructing recentlv <br />completed the Rice Creek North Regional Trail in the northwe~tern corner C!f the City on <br />former Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (TCAAP) property. This new trail is iYeHe- <br />become an important connection.... The 2.2 miles, 10 foot wide trail w#l-be is open to <br />walkers and bikers. The trail is anticipated to be complete in the summer oJr 2008. The <br />,.approved master plan for the Rice Creek North Regional Trail indicates this trail <br />...., '. ....continuing west and south to Long Lake .Regional Park.. ,Reconstruction of /-35 W at <br />'. County Road H -will provid~ for the. .completio11: of this trail connectlon. which will <br />: provide another link between Arden Hills and Long Lake Regional Park in New <br />Brighton. " <br /> <br />Excellence · Respect · Diversity <br /> <br />Pri "ted on recycled paper with a mi nimum or ] 0% post.-consumer contenl <br /> <br />(=~J <br />