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gardening or landscaped space. None of these parcels have street access. Although these • and other constraints make it unlikely that this site will be developed in the next ten or even twenty years, the City evaluated this area's development potential in the past and determined some minimal criteria that must be addressed by any future developer to guarantee that it would be developed according to sound land use planning practices. These criteria included developing the site as a whole rather than on a lot-by-lot basis and only after receiving the consent of the property owners to the sale of their land. Present property owners have requested that the area be identified and preserved as a natural resource. As the City has no plans to create a municipal preserve or park on this site, present owners will be encouraged to combine these back lots with their street-front parcels. At this time, other properties closer to Larpenteur are considered far more suitable for development and more likely to be redeveloped to accommodate anticipated housing needs. Redevelopment: The Larpenteur Corridor As of the last comprehensive plan, the largest potential site for redevelopment was the southeast corner of Snelling and Larpenteur. Now that this project has been completed, there are no immediate candidates for redevelopment in 2007. However, several of the larger commercial properties are underutilized, and the existing apartment buildings are aging, so it is likely that opportunities for redevelopment will arise during the next twenty years. All of these sites are on, or near, Larpenteur Avenue, an important bus transit route, so a chief focus of the City's planning will be the "Larpenteur Corridor." • Given the unlikelihood of University of Minnesota land being made available for development, it will be redevelopment of properties in the Larpenteur Corridor that will provide the additional housing and business development Falcon Heights is expected to need by 2030. Please see the Larpenteur Corridor section for detailed discussion. Changes to Public Lands The construction of a new Bell Museum of Natural History on the southwest corner of Larpenteur and Cleveland Avenues (scheduled to open in 2010) will bring many visitors to Falcon Heights. Intramural recreational fields presently occupying the site will be moved, the northeast corner of Cleveland and Larpenteur being discussed as a possible site. With Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life (Ramsey County Historical Society) across Larpenteur Avenue to the north, and the proximity to University recreational facilities, two City parks and existing or planned trails, the ClevelandJLarpenteur area could become the nucleus of a new cultural and recreational hub in Falcon Heights and an important element of the Larpenteur Corridor, complimenting the commercial and business core at Snelling Avenue. To allow for a proposed expansion of Ramsey County Historical Society operations at the Gibbs Museum, the Public Land (P-1) designation will be extended to the adjacent residential property, which the Historical Society now owns and plans to use for its institutional operations. Demand for student housing being very strong, the University has communicated a • possible need for additional student housing, including corporate housing, south of Falcon Heights Comprehensive Plan 2008 Draft -January, 2008 Part II: Land Use ~ Housing, Page II-8