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Excerpt from Adopted Arona-Hamline <br /> Neighborhood Master Plan <br /> Phase II Development — Hamline Center <br /> 2-10 year plan <br /> Phase II development along the easternmost portion of the study area includes the entire <br /> Hamline Shopping Center and the existing office building currently owned by <br /> Presbyterian Homes. There are several important objectives in the redevelopment of this <br /> site including the following: <br /> ♦ Provide an entryway or gateway to the Arona-Hamline Neighborhood area. <br /> ♦ Retain some of the successful neighborhood retail services. <br /> ♦ Be financially feasible for the owner and/or developer of the site to redevelop. <br /> ♦ Add open space to provide a more appealing development, public gathering <br /> places, and water retention areas that are currently not addressed on the site. <br /> ♦ Mix retail, office, rental housing, owner occupied housing, small business and <br /> civic and educational uses in apedestrian-friendly design. <br /> ♦ Encourage transit-oriented design. <br /> Phase II provides ahigher-density design on Hamline Avenue, which is adjacent to <br /> existing high density uses to the east and south. Lower density land uses such as <br /> townhomes are appropriate on the north side to provide a smooth transition to the existing <br /> single-family neighborhood and duplexes. <br /> The Hamllne Center site is ideal for intergenerational civic and/or educational uses such <br /> as senior meeting space, health care, daycare and charter school. This is due to its easy <br /> access and visibility from Hamline Avenue and the past requests to convert some of the <br /> existing Hamline Center retail space to accommodate these uses. Such uses could be in <br /> leased space created by the developers. <br /> The suggested proposal for Phase II extends the "grid" street pattern, keeping in mind the <br /> long-term development of the area with easy connections from Hamline to the Arona site. <br /> The main east-west boulevard bisecting the site is proposed to be heavily landscaped, <br /> with decorative green areas that are inviting to the public, and with an attractive open <br /> space as its entry feature. This main boulevard could also meander from Hamline to the <br /> Arona site and include pathways that connect to the wetland and trail systems. Only <br /> Terrace Drive has any immediate potential for extension to the City's Arona site, over an <br /> existing 30-foot wide utility easement. <br /> The proposed higher-density uses are senior independent or assisted living adjacent to the <br /> existing high-density apartments, and include underground parking. The neighborhood <br /> retail uses would include second and third-story apartment or office units with <br /> underground and street parking. The concept provides options for live/work units that <br />