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• Project compatibility with adjacent land uses: The City has intended that this site be developed for extensive retail use and has planned and zoned it for such uses. The potential impacts on the existing neighborhood is an important concern to be addressed in the design of the project. Traffic, lighting, noise, and landscaping must all be addressed. With proper attention to the potential for impacts on surrounding land uses, the project can be compatible. The project will not have a road connection to 77th St. This avoids retail traffic from using residential streets. As standard City policy applied to all commercial projects. lighting will be reviewed by the City to ensure fixtures do not create glare on neighboring properties. Proposed landscaping along 77th St includes spruce and birch trees. Specific species will be reviewed by City environmental staff to ensure compatibility with the location and planned uses. Noise issues are addressed as part of the indirect source permit (see item 24 and Exhibit H). An additional noise issue is loading dock activity at different hours of the day. One potential means of addressing this issue is to apply a condition that truck loading must occur during specified hours. The overall building architecture will be oriented toward some of the features already used to the south in the Village area as well as new features that will complement the site and provide screening and buffering to the rural neighborhoods to the north and east of the property. Environmental hazards from past land uses: None identified. 10. Cover Types: Estimate the acreage of the site with each of the following cover types before and after development (before and after totals should be equal): If Before and After totals are not equal, explain why: Before /After totals do not equal because of revegetation and plantings. 11. Fish, wildlife and ecologically sensitive resources a. Identify fish and wildlife resources and habitats on or near the site and describe how they would be affected by the project. Describe any measures to be taken to minimize or avoid impacts. Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Regional Park Reserve The Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Regional Park Reserve, owned and managed by Anoka County, is part of the regional open space system. The park contains some of the most significant native wildlife habitat in the metropolitan area. Habitats are rich and varied and include heavily wooded areas, wetlands, prairie, lakes, flood plains, and open fields. Visitors may see muskrats, red fox, grey & red squirrel, woodchuck, weasel, deer, resident birds such as pheasant, pileated woodpeckers, bald eagles, and a variety of migratory waterfowl. Page 9 of 28 Draft EAW Lino Lakes Marketplace May 11, 2001 Before (acres) After (acres) Types 1 to 8 Wetland 4.88 1.24 Wooded /Forest 5.62 3.99 Brush /Grassland 32.3 1.85 Cropland 0 0 Urban /Suburban Lawn Landscaping 0 2.51 Gravel Parking Lots 0 0 Impervious Surfaces (including structures) 0 28.78 Other (Ponding) 0 2.82 Total 42.8 41.19 If Before and After totals are not equal, explain why: Before /After totals do not equal because of revegetation and plantings. 11. Fish, wildlife and ecologically sensitive resources a. Identify fish and wildlife resources and habitats on or near the site and describe how they would be affected by the project. Describe any measures to be taken to minimize or avoid impacts. Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Regional Park Reserve The Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Regional Park Reserve, owned and managed by Anoka County, is part of the regional open space system. The park contains some of the most significant native wildlife habitat in the metropolitan area. Habitats are rich and varied and include heavily wooded areas, wetlands, prairie, lakes, flood plains, and open fields. Visitors may see muskrats, red fox, grey & red squirrel, woodchuck, weasel, deer, resident birds such as pheasant, pileated woodpeckers, bald eagles, and a variety of migratory waterfowl. Page 9 of 28 Draft EAW Lino Lakes Marketplace May 11, 2001