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PRIORITY PORTIONS OF GREENWAY: This first draft of greenway priorities is based on first saving existing undeveloped, treed, and watered land within the maximum corridor. A secondary priority is placed on currently less-suited land which links first- priority parcels. First Priority Parcels GOLF COURSE TO HARSTAD DEVELOPMENT ON HILLVIEW ROAD The new golf course, now in the construction bid stage, lies in the northwest quadrant of the Interstate 35W and Highway 118 intersection and in the major wildlife corridor entering Mounds View from the north. There is an unobstructed bird flyway connecting us through the Lino Lakes area and Carols Avery Wildlife Refuge to the north woods. The prospect of flying through a driving range could limit the backyard visits of your favorite birds, so placement of the driving range is crucial. The heart of the existing corridor on that property follows Judicial Ditch No. 1 and its cleanup should include landscaping for wildlife with possible improvement where it passes under 35W. From there the corridor continues south into the Greenfield Park area, accessible with fine hiking trails. This corridor parcel ends at the swamp south of Hillview Road where the Harstad housing development is under construction. Builder and resident cooperation will be needed to assure that construction sediment and lawn fertilizer do not destroy the swamp's ecosystem, especially at the crucial creek connection to Greenfield Park. GOLF COURSE TO LONG LAKE ROAD VIA RICE CREEK This corridor encompasses some of the best wildlife habitat in the area, but is not entirely within Mounds View city limits. From the planned golf course, the corridor proceeds east (out of the city) to Rice Creek and then south. Key to preservation efforts is the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plane, a 2,000 acre military reserve currently framing its future with public meetings (March 17, April 21). Federal agencies will get first crack at land which is excessed, before County and City governments can make offers. Perhaps the U.S. Geological Survey (with local offices in Mounds View) can be approached about claiming the bulk of the western half of the arsenal in order to retain their warehouse privileges and designate the rest as greenway. Rice Creek reenters Mounds View from the east at the junction of County Road H and Highway 10, then the corridor proceeds south again towards Long Lake Road through a still-undeveloped industrially zoned section. Second Priority Parcels LAMBERT PARK TO EDGEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL This corridor starts at a swamp just north of Lambert Park and west of Quincy Street (only a block from the Harstad section of the 1st-priority corridor). It proceeds through a residential area surrounding Lambert Park to an area zoned for business between the Saturn dealership and Multi-Tech where geese and egrets are often seen. It continues southwest across Highway 10 (a current corridor blockade) to a small wooded preserve east of Edgewood Middle School. South of County Road H,it links to the area of Rice Creek described for the Long Lake Road 1st-priority corridor. KNOLLWOOD DRIVE TO SPRING LAKE This corridor starts in the southwest corner of Mounds View in the Knollwood Drive area (south of County Road H,it connects to an undeveloped railway grade and Rice Creek). From there it proceeds north through the back yards of larger residential lots to Spring Lake and thence out of town northwest through Spring Lake Park towards Laddie Lake.