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Item No: 8D Meeting Date: July 11, 2005 Type of Business: CB Administrator Review: _____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: James Ericson, Community Development Director Item Title/Subject: Consideration of Resolution 6541, a Resolution Accepting and Approving the Bridges Redevelopment Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) Final Document Introduction: In 2003, the City rezoned the golf course to I-1, Light Industrial, in recognition of the surrounding land uses as well as potential redevelopment opportunities. Since early 2004, the City of Mounds View has been actively exploring redevelopment options associated with the Bridges Golf Course site located north of Trunk Highway 10 in the northeast corner of the City. Presently operated as a municipal golf course, the City Council had been considering other options as a means to enhance and improve revenues and tax base. On June 27, 2005, the City Council approved a proposed sale of the Bridges Site to Medtronic, Inc. and approved the terms of the contract for private development which would entail the construction of an 820,000 square foot corporate office campus. Discussion: On September 13, 2004, the Economic Development Authority (EDA) of the City of Mounds View authorized the preparation of an Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) that would assess the maximum development potential of the Bridges Golf Course site assuming an office or light industrial land use and the impacts of such a development. Attached to this staff report is the AUAR Executive Summary and responses to a complete copy of the AUAR document. The primary issue of concern that was identified in the AUAR is the impact to the transportation system. Already at or exceeding capacity, the transportation system was carefully analyzed by the consultant with the assistance of numerous outside agency stakeholders which included representatives from the following: • The City of Blaine • The City of Mounds View • The City of Shoreview • Anoka County • Ramsey County • Metropolitan Council • MN Dept of Transportation Working together with these stakeholders, a comprehensive transportation improvement plan was created that would mitigate all identified traffic impacts caused by maximum development on the Bridges site as well as to resolve existing system deficiencies. Only three agencies submitted comments in response to the second public comment period— Anoka County, MnDOT and the DNR. The final draft of the AUAR includes these comments as well as the appropriate responses.