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SHEET10/31/2202CONCEPTUAL NARRATIVETHE LEGACY AT WOODS EDGE DEVELOPMENT SITE OFFERS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY AS AN URBAN BLOCK WITH ADJACENCIES TO THE RICE CREEK PARK RESERVE AND LINO LAKES COMMUNITY GREEN. ESTABLISHING AN AREA WITH THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A TRADITIONAL DOWNTOWN HAS BEEN LAID OUT BY THE CITY OF LINO LAKES AS A GOAL FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT SITE. ATTRIBUTES INCLUDE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES AT DEFINING CORNERS, A STRONG STREETSCAPE FACADE ESTABLISHED BY THE "BUILD-TO LINES", AND A BLEND OF RETAIL AND MIXED-USE PROGRAMMING. UTILIZING THE EXISTING CURB CUTS AND UTILITY STUBS, A PRIMARY EAST/WEST CIRCULATION WOULD BIFURCATE THE SITE INTO DEVELOPMENT PHASES. THE CIRCULATION PATH WOULD SERVE BOTH VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, AND BE ENRICHED WITH LANDSCAPE AND STORM WATER OPPORTUNITIES. PHASE 1, THE NORTH SITE, IS ENVISIONED AS A FOUR-STORY, 155-160 UNIT MULTI-FAMILY STRUCTURE, WHICH WOULD WRAP THE NORTHERN PERIMETER OF THE SITE. CONCEPTUALLY, THE BUILDING WOULD USE AN ARTICULATED FACADE WITH ALTERNATING MATERIALS TO REINFORCE AN URBAN EDGE, AND IN A SENSE EMULATING A HISTORIC MAIN STREET CHARACTER. MATERIALS WOULD BE USED TO REINFORCE A CLASSICAL YET MODERN ORGANIZATION, AND POTENTIALLY INCLUDE ELEMENTS SUCH AS A STRONG BASE, DEFINED CORNICES, BAY WINDOWS AND WALK-UP UNIT ENTRANCES TO ACTIVATE THE STREETSCAPE. MATERIALLY, THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN ILLUSTRATES A COMBINATION OF BRICK MASONRY, METAL AND FIBER CEMENT SIDING.PHASE 2, THE SOUTH SITE, IS ENVISIONED AS THREE TO FOUR COMMERCIAL OUTLOTS, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE FOR A MIX OF RETAIL AND RESTAURANT OPPORTUNITIES. TO DATE, MULTIPLE RETAIL AND RESTAURANT USERS HAVE EVALUATED THE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY ON THIS SITE, BUT NO COMMITMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE. WHILE ONGOING EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO SECURE RETAIL TENANTS, THE PROPOSAL AT HAND SUGGESTS A SECOND PHASE OF MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT IF THE RETAIL VISION FAILS TO MATERIALIZE. GRAPHIC FROM THE 2016 REVISED LEGACY AT WOODS EDGE BROCHURENORTH ELEVATION OF THE MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGCITY HALL/ PUBLIC WORKS/ POLICE STATIONCOMMUNITY GREENLAKEWOOD APARTMENTS & COMMERCIAL SPACELINO LAKES MIXED USE