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• • Conservation Development Planning City of Lino Lakes Conservation Development Public Statement p b[ie Valne Sta�emen� anti General Agreement Parameters for the Fox Den Development (A Royal Oaks Realty, Inc. Development Project) Date: October 7, 2004 From: Jeff Schoenbauer, Vice President Brauer & Associates, Ltd. Planning Consultant to the City of Lino Lakes To: Michael Grochala, Community Development Director Jeff Smyser, City Planner Overview The following summarizes the key development parameters associated with the Fox Den development proposal. Each of these is in keeping with the conservation development planning principles that have been discussed in recent months with the Environmental Board, Park Board, Planning and Zoning Board, and City Council. Context Using the conservation development approach for this project is an outgrowth of the recently completed Parks, Natural Open Space /Greenway and Trail System Plan. As part of that project, Fox Den was identified as private development of significant importance to achieving the goals of the system plan. With consent of the Developer, the project serves as a prototype for a collaborative approach to development, with a specific focus on maximizing public values within the context of an economically viable and marketable development. Opportunities for Increased Public Values Under the new Parks, Natural Open Space /Greenway and Trail System Plan, a number of specific public values are being sought from the Fox Den development. These include: • Preserving more natural open space (through a conservation easement) • Reducing the extent of impervious surfaces and size of the development footprint • Restore /enhance ecological systems on the site as part of the development process • Protect off-site ecological systems through increased buffering • Ensure long -term natural resource stewardship through an endowment program sponsored by the Developer • Provide public park and trail opportunities consistent with the System Plan • Manage stormwater (flow rates and quality) using natural infiltration approaches • Preserve the open space aesthetic to which community residences have become accustomed. • Maintain natural buffer between established and new developments As defined in this statement and the development package, the collaboration between the City, Developer, and other public agencies has resulted in a development plan that achieves these public values to a much higher degree than would be achievable under a conventional development approach. Brauer & Associates, Ltd. 1 - 3 4 -