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• • • Comprehensive Plan Amendment Village of Hardwood Creek page 10 the northwest quadrant of the interchange, the southbound exit ramp forms a new intersection and continues onto a new local road south of Main St. (see attached figure). This new local road would run between the existing 21st Ave. and I -35E. The new signalized intersection on Main St. would be only about 600 feet from 21St Ave. The latest plan is to convert the 21St Ave. intersection to limit turning movements and allow westbound Main St. traffic to flow freely from the exit ramp to 20th Ave. The 20th Ave. intersection will be signalized. All this means that the extension of 21St Ave. north of Main St. will not have full access. (There would be no south to east left turns back to the freeway.) There is not enough distance from 20th Ave. or from the new ramp intersection to allow a full intersection under access management guidelines. The road design does not need finalization as part of the comprehensive plan amendment approval. However, the road design must fulfill the traffic needs. A traffic study is underway to analyze this situation. 3) General Location and Extent of Public and Common Open Space. The concept plan includes an extensive open space network. The open space is to include stormwater management features, parkland, and trails combined into a large greenway system. Several branches of the county ditch system lay in such tiles crossing the site. However, many drain tiles that are not part of the ditch system were placed on the site over the years to drain the land for agriculture. Much of the potential for incorporating conservation development elements into the development lies with the stormwater management design. Utilizing infiltration to the greatest extent possible will be important, as will accommodating the flow currently carried by the numerous drain tiles. The Parks, Natural Open Space /Greenways and Trail System Plan includes trail connections to be created on the site. The concept plan includes these and more to facilitate walking and biking within the site and to connect to trails outside the site. The greenway system would utilize the pipeline easement as part of the trail network. 4) General Location of Residential and Non - Residential Land Uses with Approximate Type and Intensities of Development. Single family and multi - family residential areas are shown on the concept plan. Housing will cover approximately 150 to 170 acres. Commercial uses in the southeast portion of the site will comprise 55 to 70 acres. The following table is taken from the concept plan.