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and public facilities. Recreational corridors identified as fitting the definition include: 1) Lexington Avenue from Larpenteur Avenue to County Road 0, 2) County Road C from Rice Street to Cleveland Avenue, 3) County Road 82 from Rice Street to Cleveland Avenue, 4) Dale Street from Larpenteur Avenue to Lake Owasso, 5) Victoria Street from Larpenteur Avenue to County Road D, 6) Country Road 8 from Rice Street to Highway 280. Each corridor links a number of reaeational and public facilities. During future redevelopment along these corridors, special consideration should be given to linkage to other pathways and to amenities and aesthetic elements such as benches, trees, and plantings in order to create anjntegrated street scape. RECOAfMENDA TION: The Lexington Corridor from Como Park to County Road D should be designated as a model project corridor. A comprehensive master plan should be developed and implemented on the Lexington Corridor which would then serve as a prototype to be replicated on the other corridors. The Planning Commission should act to implement the corridor concept in future development and redevelopment efforts. B) CORNERSTONE PROJECT BACKGROUND: The Metropolitan Council funded Cornerstone Project identified several intersections as possible redevelopment projects. Criteria for inclusion were project feasibility, linkage and community impact. The intersections selected were Roselawn Avenue and Lexington Avenue, Lexington Avenue and Country Road B, and Hamline Avenue and County Road B. The Lexington and 8 project would encompass the Lexington Park site which has not yet been fully developed. All three projects would impact the development of recreational corridors. RECOMMENDA nON: The comer of County Road B and Lexington Avenue should be included in the Cornerstone Project because the 8.5 acres of open space and the other three comers are critical to the "recreational corridor"' concept developed by the Committee. The Committee believes this comer (Lexington and B) is an essential gateway to the City Center Project. C) PATHWAYS BACKGROUND: A Pathway Committee was appointed by the city council in 1995. Its recommendations for the development of a system of interconnected pathways linking neighborhoods with parks and with public and private facilities is consistent with the Vision of the Infrastructure Committee and with Vista 2000. Further, consistent with the recreational corridor concept, the Pathway Committee envisioned integration of recreational and public facilities throughout the community. The Pathway Committee also recommended linkages to pathways in surrounding communities and anticipated the acquisition of the Water Works Property facilitating a link to the Gateway Trail. 14 ~ ...