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Mounds View City Council October 10, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 6 • be dominated by a series of reflective one-inch thick vision glass windows set in prefinished thermal break frames. The first floor of the building will have a 20-foot sidewall height while all subsequent floors will be at a 15-foot height except the top floor, which will be 17 feet. The total building height, including the roof-mounted equipment, will be 140 feet. He noted Medtronic was proposing a small round-about at the access to the parking ramp to help coordinate and channel traffic to the site. A second larger turn-about is planned at the primary entrance to the facility with a small, separate pull out for child care pick-up and drop off. The buildings will be encircled by a twenty-foot wide fire access road with a service spur to the back of the building for service and deliveries. In this area as well there is another small round-about to help govern the flow of traffic. The surface parking area will take access from 82°d Lane NE. The parking ramp will be accessed from Coral Sea Street with the service road north and west of the ramp. Offsite, many improvements are planned to coordinate traffic to and from the site and the local and regional transportation systems. These improvements will be completed by October, 2007 and be ready by the time Phase 1 is completed and ready for occupancy. The most important of the improvements involve the replacement of the bridge over Interstate 35W. Currently at a two- lane width, the new bridge would allow for four through lanes with additional space for turning lanes. The bridge would be long enough to accommodate future expansions of 35W. The other significant improvement will be the signalization of the Coral Sea Street and County Road J • intersection. Coral Sea Street south of County Road J to the site will be reconstructed and widened to four lanes of traffic with a turning lane. The north leg of Coral Sea Street, currently offset from the south leg, will be connected at the intersection as an additional enhancement. He stated the City Forester has been provided a copy of the landscape plan. City Forester Wriskey indicates the variety and locations of plantings are satisfactory, but cautions that plantings in parking area islands and infiltration swales could become damaged during winter months if care if not exercised while plowing the parking lots. Mr. Wriskey will look directly with the landscape planner and contractor to monitor installation. He noted consistent with their other locations, the Medtronic plans identify a system of trails for employee usage. Much of the existing golf course trail system will be preserved and tied back to the facility, including the boardwalk through the primary wetland. The trails are shown on the site plan. While not a part of this plan, the City intends to explore construction of a separate trail system within the Sysco Outlet area which residents, Medtronic employees, Sysco employees, or any other worker in the area could utilize. He stated all runoff and necessary mitigation would be contained and captured on site. Only one wetland in the project will be impacted, that being the area alongside the Phase 1 parking ramp. The other area, while identified as a wetland, is the present location of Judicial Ditch #1. The ditch will be relocated away from the building alongside Highway 10 with a wider, more natural, meandering channel. The Rice Creek Watershed District Board of Managers reviewed the ditch • realignment at their meeting on September 28, 2005 and were supportive. Presently, there are 25 acres of wetlands and ponds on the site. Two new stormwater ponds will be created and an