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In 1997, the City acquired several properties for park and open space development. Based on the revised Park and Recreation System Plan (June 199$), the City Council changed the designation of the acquired Waterworks properiy (70 acres) from Waterworks to Park, the designation of Pioneer Park (five acres) from Low Density Residential to Park, and the designation of the leased cemetery land (39.7 acres) from Cemetery to Park. In 1997, two intersectionswithin the district were designated as Cornerstone projects: Lexington at County Road B, and Lexington at Roselawn (Reference Section 6). Lexington Avenue was designated as the Civic Parkway from Larpenteur Avenue to Lake Josephine, to he redesigned similar to portions of Lexington Avenue (Lexington Parkway) in St. Paul. In 1999 the City Council approved the rezoning of properiy (. 5f� acres) located at 1940 Lexington Avenue North from B 1, Limited Business District to B-PUD, Business- Planned Unit Development. The rezoning allowed Cryogenic Laboratories to redevelopment and expand their current officellabora�nry into a retail, office and laboratory facility. In 2002, the Planning Commissionand Council approved a 2 acre mixed use project at the southeast corner of Lexington and Ros�lawn Avenues. The developers, through a PUD created high density houszn� (22 housing units for the handicapped) and a 22,000 square foot, 3-story office building. The Comprehensive Plan designations were amended to read High Density Housing and Business, respectively. In District #�4, there are 362.7 acres of detached single family housing which represents approximately 46% of the developed land. This is higher than the city as a whole at 38%. Approximately 3% of the district is retail or business including portions of the shopping strip centers at Lexington and Larpenteur and at Lexington Avenue and County Road B. Public space in District 14 is over 256 acres (32%}, with park land and schools representing 111 acres (15%) of the Planning District. In addition, 122 acres (15%) of the land in the District is public right-of-way. Demography: Since 1990, This District has seen a decline in young children and seniors, but an increase in older children (23%) and mid-career workers (12.5%). The household size declined from 239 to 2.25 persons. Overall the District lost 2% of its population or down to 2,730. FFa�� l��A_77�$�5.d� Page 6 of 8