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C:o L_.O 1 M E I■i'T' C O ICI C E I='T' FOR COMMUNITY ATHLETIC COMPLEX EVALUATION SHEET OF MONTAIN PROPERTY LOCATION: PARCEL SIZE: ZONING STATUS: MUSA LINE STATUS: BIRCH STREET AND CENTERVILLE ROAD APPROXIMATELY 67 ACRES RURAL OUTSIDE CURRENT METROPOLITAN URBAN SERVICES AREA EVALUATION CRITERIA EVALUATION STATEMENTS LOCATION "IS THE SITE CENTRALLY LOCATED WITH RESPECT 70 USER POPULA77ONSAND OTHER PARK SYSTEM COMPONENTS ?" THE SITE IS BOUNDED ON THE WEST BY CENTERVILLE ROAD AND ON THE NORTH BY BIRCH STREET. IT UES RELATIVELY CLOSE TO THE POPULATION CENTER SINCE ATHLETIC COMPLEX MUST BE LOCATED OUTSIDE MUSA. SITE, SIZE, SHAPE, AND ORIENTATION ARE THESE CONDUCIVE TO THE TYPE OF FACILT77ESPROGRAMMED FOR THIS SITE ?" THE SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 67 ACRES IN SIZE, IN WHICH ABOUT 6 ARE CLASSIFIED AS WETLANDS. ANOTHER TWO ACRES FALLS WITHIN A PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT. ITS SHAPE, SIZE, AND ORIENTATION ARE SUITABLE FOR THIS TYPE OF USE. ALTHOUGH THE LOCATION OF THE WETLANDS DO POSE SOME CONSTRAINTS ON FACILITY DESIGN AND LAYOUT, IT 15 NOT PERCEIVED TO BE A MAJOR CONCERN. TOPOGRAPHY "WILL SLOPES AND DRAINAGEPATTERNS INHIBIT DEVELOPMENT?" WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A MODERATE RAVINE BETWEEN THE WETLANDS ON THE NORTH END OF THE SITE, EXISTING GRADES AND TOPOGRAPHICAL CHANGES SHOULD NOT POSE MUCH OF A CONSTRAINT ON DEVELOPMENT. THE MILDLY ROWNG CHARACTER OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH ENDS OF THE SITE SHOULD ALLOW FOR FACILITY LAYOUT AS WELL AS PROPER DRAINAGE. SOILS "ARE SUBSOILS AND TOPSOILS SUITABLE FOR THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT? WLL THE WATER TABLETNTERFERE WITH DEVELOPMENT?" MOST OF THE HIGHER, NON - WETLAND AREAS HAVE LOAMY, LOAMY FINE SAND, AND FINE SAND SOILS. ALTHOUGH TOPSOIL IS UNITED, THE SUBSOILS ARE ACCEPTABLE FOR THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT. VEGETATION /WETLANDS "WILL VEGETA77ONPROVTDEBUFFERTNG? WILL ATCONFL .ICTW#77TS/TEDEVELOPMENT? WILL WETLAND INTERFERE WITH SITE DEVELOPMENT?" AS STATED, ABOUT 6 ACRES ARE CLASSIFIED AS WETLANDS, WHICH ARE PROTECTED. ALTHOUGH THEY DO POSE A DEVELOPMENT LIMITATION, IT IS FEASIBLE TO INCORPORATE THEM INTO THE DESIGN, ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO STORM WATER CONTROL AND, TO SOME DEGREE, SITE AESTHETICS. IN ADDITION TO THE WETLANDS, SOME ACREAGE IS COVERED BY TREES AND OTHER WOODY VEGETATION. FOR THE MOST PART, THESE AREAS COULD BE RETAINED TO HELP SOFTEN THE AESTHETICS OF THE SITE. THEY SHOULD NOT POSE ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON DEVELOPMENT - ALTHOUGH IT SHOULD BE EXPECTED THAT SOME REMOVAL WILL BE NECESSARY TO ACCOMMODATE FACIUTY LAYOUT. THE REMAINDER OF THE SITE IS EITHER USED FOR AGRICULTURE OR LYING FALLOW. VEHICLE ACCESS ' 7S7HEST7EACCESSIBLEFROMAR7ERTAL OR COLLECTORSTREETS?" VEHICULAR ACCESS 15 VERY GOOD. BIRCH STREET PROVIDES ACCESS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SITE. CENTERVILLE ROAD PROVIDES ACCESS ON THE WEST SIDE. SINCE BOTH OF THESE ROADS PARALLEL THE FULL LENGTH AND WIDTH OF THE SITE, PROVIDING ENTRANCE DRIVES AND PARKING LOTS TO SERVICE THE FACILITIES SHOULD NOT POSE ANY MAJOR DESIGN CONSTRAINTS TRAIL. ACCESS IS THE SITE ACCESSIBLE FROM 771E COMMUNITY MAIL SYSTEM ?" ALTHOUGH NOT EXTENSIVE, SITE ACCESS VIA TRAILS IS AVAILABLE. THE TRANSPORTATION TRAIL ALONG BIRCH STREET COULD BE EXTENDED TO THIS SITE. SINCE THIS TRAIL INTERUNKS WITH THE COMMUNITY-WIDE TRAIL SYSTEM. TRAIL ACCESS FROM MOST AREAS WITHIN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CITY WOULD BE FEASIBLE. HOWEVER, GIVEN THE SITE IS A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE FROM THE POPULATION CENTER, SOME POTENTIAL TRAIL USERS MAY FIND THE DISTANCE FROM THEIR HOME TO THE SITE TOO FAR TO WALK OR RIDE THE BICYCLE. URBAN SERVICES "CAN 77-IE SITE BESERVICED BY PUBLIC UTILITIES INCLUDING WATER STORM SEWER, SANITARY SEWER ELECTRICAL, AND TELEPHONES ?" SINCE THE SITE UES OUTSIDE THE METROPOLITAN URBAN SERVICES AREA (MUSA). PUBLIC UTIL MES (LE., WATER AND SANITARY SEWER) ARE NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. ALTHOUGH IT COULD ADD CONSIDERABLY TO THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT COSTS, IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO EXTEND SERVICES TO THIS SITE IN THE FUTURE. A REVISION TO THE MUSA UNE WOULD BE REQUIRED IN THIS CASE. SURROUNDING LAND USE "WHAT IMPACTS WILL DEVELOPMENT HAVE ON SURROUNDING LAND USES ?" GIVEN THAT THE AREA SURROUNDING THE SITE IS ZONED RURAL, ITS DEVELOPMENT AS AN ATHLETIC COMPLEX WOULD HAVE UNITED IMPACT ON EXISTING LAND USES. ASIDE FROM A FEW EXISTING RESIDENCES, THE AREA SURROUNDING THE SITE IS EITHER LYING FALLOW OR USED FOR AGRICULTURE. PREPARED BY: CITY OF LINO LAKES PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT 600 TOWN CENTER PARKWAY LINO LAKES. MN 55014 PH. 651-982-2440 DATE 10499