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9 <br />Hodgson Road. As discussed, per the CSAH 34 Corridor Study and Anoka County <br />Access Spacing Guidelines, access to Birch Street is not warranted. Site constraints such <br />as wetlands and the fact the site only abuts CSAH 34 with 80 feet of right of way that is <br />over an open stormwater ditch makes access to Birch Street cost prohibitive. The <br />existing roads have structural capacity to handle an additional 334 trips per day. Spirit <br />Hills, Shenandoah 3rd Addition and St. Clair Estates also benefit from a signalized <br />intersection at Ware Road and Birch Street. <br /> <br />Goal #6 of the Transportation Plan is to promote alternative transportation such as <br />bicycling, walking, transit and rail. The existing trail along the north side of Birch Street <br />provides pedestrian connectivity to the Rice Lake Elementary School, Rice Creek Chain <br />of Lakes Regional Park and Sprit Hill Center, a multi-tenant retail center. An emergency <br />access trail will be constructed off the end of the cul-de-sac south to Birch Street to <br />provide addition connectively. The potential for a trail north through Outlot A to provide <br />access to the Regional Park is also being analyzed. <br /> <br />Sanitary Sewer Plan <br /> <br />Goals of the sanitary sewer plan are to ensure well-planned, quality residential <br />development that conserves and enhances the city’s natural resources and to provide an <br />affordable and safe sanitary sewer system. <br /> <br />The site is located in Sanitary Sewer District 1 (Sub-district 1B) and is served by MCES <br />Lift Station L69 that is adequately sized for the development. An 8” PVC sanitary sewer <br />main will extend through the development and connect with a 12” PVC sanitary sewer <br />main in Birch Street. <br /> <br />The site is also located in Utility Staging Area 1A=2008-2015. <br /> <br />Water Supply Plan <br /> <br />A goal of the water supply plan is to provide residents affordable potable water that is <br />safe and of high quality for daily consumption and fire demand. The site is served by a <br />6” and 8” watermain through the development and will connect with an existing <br />16”watermain in Birch Street and 8” watermain on Sioux Lane. <br /> <br />Planning Districts <br /> <br />The site is located in Planning District 1 and is guided for low density residential <br />development. There are no specific planning recommendations for this site. The site is <br />located within the Rice Lake resource management units (RMU). <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Zoning <br />