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• LIVABLE COMMUNITIES DEMONSTRATION ACCOUNT OPPORTUNITY GRANT APPLICATION FORM 2004 • • Office Use Instructions: Submit form and attachments by 4:30 p.m. on June 2, 2004. Use font size 11. Use of bulleted lists is encouraged. Do not attach a coversheet or use any graphic images on top of the application form. Limit application to 7 pages plus attachments, for a total of 10 pages. Project Information: Project Name: 35E Corridor Applicant (city or county): City of Lino Lakes Project Location (city): Lino Lakes Address (street boundaries or major intersection): I -35E Corridor between Cedar Street and 80th Street Primary Project Contact: Name: Title: Mary Alice Divine Economic Development Coordinator Address: 600 Town Center Parkway Phone: 651/982 -2423 Fax: 651/982 -2499 E -mail: mdivine @ci.lino- lakes.mn.us Authorized city or county official(s) - names and titles for contract execution John Bergeson, Mayor Gordon Heitke, City Administrator Project Summary In the space provided, summarize the issues you will address and your objectives and plans for the subject site. (Limit 20 lines) Benchmark Community Builder Collaborative (the developer) has begun a master planning process for a 360 - acre site along the 35E corridor in Lino Lakes (The Benchmark Site). This public process will include developer costs for an Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR), market research, a survey, citizen workshops and field excursions. In addition, a one million sq. ft. regional showroom/warehouse is being proposed on another site on 35E, which will require an EIS. These sites are critical greenfield developments within this underutilized regional corridor. Often, when large sites such as this are developed, the required environmental review is done in a piecemeal fashion. Recognizing that the 35E corridor is a major growth area within the regional framework, the city is requesting assistance to enlarge the scope of the AUAR to include approximately 1,400 additional acres along 35E from Cedar Street on the south to 80th Street on the north. This includes: • 35E /County Road 14 interchange • Clearwater Creek Development Center (± 240 acres of undeveloped industrial property) • ± 240 acres of commercially zoned undeveloped land on the interchange • ±120 acres of land designated for medium and high density housing, and • ± 800 acres of Rural Business Reserve (land set aside for future commercial/industrial development.) The AUAR will identify future staged development scenarios and the impacts on traffic, regional infrastructure, ecologically sensitive resources, water use and stormwater runoff. It will evaluate the cumulative effects of development and formulate a mitigation plan. The result will be a framework for development that will interconnect housing, jobs and shopping, protect and enhance the natural resources, and identify transportation needs and regional sewer capacity. - 6 4 -