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34 corridors/connections are prop osedfor both humans and wildlife as there will be 35 a green component within each. 36 ii. Any land dedication required as part of the City's park dedication requirements 37 provide opportunities for conserving existing native land cover types, creating 38 greenway/wildlife corridors through the AUAR area, and/or buffering Langton 39 Lake Park. Cash in lieu of dedication should be used to purchase land located in 4O the aforementioned areas and/or used to restore native,, altered,, or non-native 41 cover types within the AUAR area or within Langton Lake Park to native cover 42 types. It is noted that detailed natural resource management recommendations for 43 Langton Lake Park are provided in the Roseville Parks Natural Resource 44 Management Plan (2002). 45 Next, the Planning Division and Consul an have focused on park dedication as a 4 means to address � iligations. The Planning Division believes that the park 47 dedication requirement of the (7ity ('.Ode can be used to address more than just 48 providing opportunities for conserving existing native land cover. Specifically, 4 we are recommending that developers dedicate the corridors and/or connections 50 as a component of their plat and/or development, which corridors/connections 51 would be designed as both a wildlife greenway andpedestrian 52 corridor/connection as sought in the miligation. Further,, the Regulating Plan 53 incorporates a buffer area adjacent to the park, currently at 15feet wide. This 54 buffer could preserve the existing native vegetation, however there are a lot of 55 plant species, such as buckthorn, that the A (JAR seeks to remove. Another 56 thought about park dedication that has been discussed is how to preserve large 57 portions of the wooded areas that specifically lie at the northern portion of the 58 Subarea I and east of the existing Twin Lakes IV building adjacent to the park. 59 The proposed Regulating Plan indicates two preferred areas for dedication, 60 which areas encompass the moderate quality oak forest discussed in the A (JAR 61 (see Regulating Plan, page 3). 62 iii. The City will require that projects converting native cover types to an altered 63 cover type to mitigate the conversion by restoring native cover types within the 64 AUAR area or in Langton Lake Park. This mitigation strategy can be 65 implemented in conjunction with the land or cash dedication strategies listed [in 66 AUAR] Mitigation Strategy 7. 67 The Planning Division would suggest utilizing the proposed strategy as stated in 00 68 n above to address this miligation. 69 iv. The City will continue to follow the 2001 Twin Lakes Business Park Master Plan 70 to mitigate the cumulative impacts of development within the AUAR area 71 including, but not limited to, the ten broad planning principles listed below.- 72 1. Create a buffer to protect and enhance the public enjoyment of Langton 73 Lake 74 2. Protect the residential neighborhoods with less intrusive land uses 75 3. Create a livable environment with a mix of uses 76 4. Create compatibility between uses and building designs PROM I 7—RCA—RegPlan-082211 (4).doc Page 2 of 7