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77 5. Minimize the impact of commercial traffic onto residential streets; reduce 78 congestion at main intersections 79 6. Clean up soil and groundwater pollution 80 7. Provide a range of quality jobs 81 8. Diversify the tax base 82 9. Provide a flexible land use plan 83 '10. Located use in areas where they can best take advantage of necessary 84 market forces 85 Regarding the above noted mitigations, the Regulating Plan as well as the (7ity ('.Ode 86 addresses 7 of them, while the proposed Twin Lakes Overlay District will address the 87 other three. 88 1.4 Part of our process to address the comments/concerns raised at the July 18th City Council 89 meeting was to contact the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to find out 90 information on what design details could be included in the Regulating Plan. The 91 information received during this conversation concludes that paved multi-use, 92 recreational paths with trees and grassy areas work well and that the pedestrian corridors 93 being required are viable and acceptable components of a wildlife corridor network. Our 94 discussion also confirmed that the general locations being sought are also appropriate 95 because they contribute to making connections to Oasis Pond and the wetland areas near 96 1-35W. 97 1.5 Another item that required an additional map/illustration was the build-to area the length 98 of distance. The Planning Division worked with the Consultant to solidify the distances 99 for the Greenway and Urban frontages. Page 3 of the Regulating Plan identifies the 100 overall lineal distance,, build-to length at each intersection and/or area, as well as 101 provides a percentage for each block. 102 1.6 The last item that the Planning Division addressed is the details for landscaping within 103 the pedestrian corridors/connections, specifically urban tolerant trees. The Division has 104 contacted the University of Minnesota Extension Services and has worked with one of 105 their foresters on selecting five tree species that are considered urban tolerant or capable 106 of being planted in narrow areas and near multi-story buildings, like one might find in 107 any number of downtown cities and/or along Grand Avenue in Saint Paul. The Division 108 also discussed with them other landscape species/varieties such as perennials and shrubs 109 that complement and work well in a similar environment. 110 1.7 The Planning Division will require through the Regulating Plan 1, 3 caliper inch, tree for III every 20 lineal feet and 12, 5-gallon pot,, shrubs,, ornamental grasses, and/or perennials 112 for every 30 lineal feet all within planting beds with wood mulch cover. The following 113 plants are being recommended/suggested to developers, who will be responsible for 114 designing the plan.- 115 Full sun/part shade shrubs (hydrangea, mockorange, ninebark, spirea, sumac), 116 ornamental grasses, perennials (coneflower, daylilies, Russian sage, rudbeckia, 117 sedum), and the following urban tolerant trees — red buckeye, green hawthorn, 118 eastern red cedar,, amur maackia,, and Japanese tree lilac. PROM I 7—RCA—RegPlan-082211 (4).doc Page 3 of 7