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• Comprehensive Plan Amendment Village of Hardwood Creek page 11 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 location of 21st Ave. north of Main St. is an important consideration. 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 has resulted in a recommendation that running a new road from Main St. north to the Hardwood Creek development on the west side of the existing bank and would be an acceptable alternative. This road could provide full access to the north with enough stacking distance and the level of service would be acceptable. However, there are additional considerations such as access to properties within Centerville, water and sanitary sewer trunk alignment to serve the project, and Anoka County's view of access in the area, including spacing of signalized intersections. The new road might end up being a right in/right out only, with primary access to the site from 20th Ave. It could also end up aligning with the existing 21St Ave. These questions will apply whether or not the comprehensive plan is amended and no matter how the site is developed. The point is that there are alternatives for creating accesses to the site. The details will have to be worked out at part of the PUD review. 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 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.