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1.1 Background The City of Roseville is planning the realignment and reconstruction of South Owasso Boulevard from Dale Street to Rice Street as shown on Figure 1. This Wetland Permit Application is submitted with respect to the roadway segment between Marion Street and Matilda Street as shown on _ Figure 2. This is the segment that will be realigned and the portion for which stormwater treatment improvements are proposed. Further description of the _, roadway realignment and associated water quality improvements follows below. ~4 The segment of South Owasso Boulevard between Marion and Matilda is located in the Northeast'/a of Township 29 North, Range 23 West, Section 1. .~ This segment, on the existing alignment, is located south of Lake Owasso as shown on Figure 2. It bisects the southern portion of Ladyslipper Park, an ' undeveloped City Park. `~ Ramsey County turned back South Owasso Boulevard to the responsibility of _,~ the City of Roseville in 1996. When under the jurisdiction of Ramsey County, the roadway ranked low in priority for reconstruction because of low traffic volumes in comparison to other County roadways and received only minor maintenance. Since the turn back to the City of Roseville, the roadway has been included dt in the City's ongoing Pavement Management Program, which rates street - n conditions as "adequate" (56-100), "marginal" (36-55), or "problem" (0-35). The rating on South Owasso Boulevard ranges between 0 and 48, which puts ~' it into the "problem" category. As such, it ranks highly on the City's priority for improvement. The public process for the street reconstruction began in March 2004 with presentation of the proposed project and discussion of design. alternatives at a Neighborhood Open House. Since that time, the City has held six additional informational meetings regarding the roadway reconstruction and Ladyslipper Park. Discussion with residents about their concerns resulted in consideration of changing the alignment of the roadway to provide for traffic calming, on- street parking, and safe pedestrian. movements in the area around Ladyslipper Park. The proposed project also identified two secondary opportunities. One is the need to consider a plan for future development and use of Ladyslipper Park. The second is the opportunity to provide treatment of stormwater runoff that currently discharges into the large wetland complex immediately north of South Owasso Boulevard. 1.1.1 Ladyslipper Park The realignment of the roadway in the vicinity of Ladyslipper Park prompted interest in discussion about the ultimate development and use of the park area. Ladyslipper Park includes city-owned property both north and south of South Owasso Boulevard as shown on Figure 2. The City Parks and Recreation Department implemented additional neighborhood involvement anal developed a Park Master Plan for Ladyslipper Park. Copies of the resulting Master Plan are included at the back of this document for Wetland Permit Application H-nv5cvu5u i.uu South Owasso Boulevard Water Quality Improvements Page 2