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• • • Northeast Corner of Birch Street and Centerville Road The 40 acres at the northeast corner of Birch Street and Centerville Road has been guided Mixed Use. The intent is to provide an area for higher density housing as well as complementary commercial uses. The City anticipates increasing traffic volumes at this intersection, making it attractive for commercial uses. The future development of the southeast corner as the city's athletic complex will increase demand for some neighborhood or community scale commercial uses near the large park. There are some limitations on the site. Proper access management at this intersection of two county roads calls for careful consideration of driveway locations. In addition, there is the expectation that there will be many pedestrians and bicyclists in the area of the athletic complex, many of them children. Wetlands, a county ditch, and floodplain are additional development considerations. Approximately 80% of the Mixed Use area is expected to accommodate residential development at approximately 8 units per acre. Resource Management Recommendations The resource management recommendations for Planning District 3 are shown on Figure 10 -8. The specific resource management recommendation for the Clearwater Creek RMU follows. Clearwater Creek RMU Existing Conditions Recommendations: • One of the highest concentrations of drained wetlands in Lino Lakes is associated with abandoned ditch 47. This is an opportunity area for obtaining wetland mitigation credit for use in a bank and establishing a greenway corridor. Planning a ditch 47 restoration corridor will be valuable for open space, water quality, and flood control. • The urban area just east of I -35E and south of Cedar Street has several ponds that are expected to overtop in a high rainfall. They are part of a pipe and pond system that is also integrated with the large wetland complex on the boundary with the City of Hugo. A private ditch diagonally crosses I -35E and drains towards the series of wetland ponds. These connect to the large wetland complex and a channel across the wetland complex that travels to the northeast and eventually on to Clearwater Creek. The current and future effects of the pipe and pond drainage system should be investigated for effects on the condition of this wetland complex. The highly susceptible portion of the wetland complex is a hardwood swamp. • Bald Eagle Lake drains into Clearwater Creek. There is a wetland complex off to the northwest of Bald Eagle Lake. A private ditch system remains in these wetlands, but several new pipe and pond systems are connected to these wetlands from interspersed urban development. Several parts of the wetland are moderately sensitive to stormwater inputs. These should be monitored for signs of deterioration from the new urban drainage system. • Bald Eagle Lake is nutrient - impaired and being considered for a TMDL study. Urban discharges will likely be addressed in implementing TMDL goals. 10 -21