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.,4 THE SITE IS LOt,AiED 15 MILES FROM DOW1JTOMI MINNEAPOLIS VIA U.S. HIGHWAY 12, COUNTY ROADS 15 Am 51. SCHEDULED BUS SERVICE OCCURS BETWEEN DOWNTOWN M1t4NEAPOLI3 AND THE SITE BY WAY OF ROUTE 51, MOUND - WAYZATA. THIS BUS SERVICE DIRECTLY TIES THE NOERENBERG SITE TO DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. THE BUS FARE FROM DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS TO THE NOERENBERG SITE IS CURRENTLY FIFTY CENTS (.'_ONE 1 TO ZONE 3). WITH THIS RELATIONSHIP TO THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, THE SITE IS REASONABLY ACCESSIBLE TO ALL SEGMENTS OF THE VETROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION. SITE CHARACTERISTICS TO UNDERSTAI•I) THE SITE AND THE SPECIFIC ELEMENTS OF THE CONCEPT, AN INVEN- TORY AND ANALYSIS OF THE SITE WAS COMPLETED. SITE STUDIES INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING AND CORRESPONDING TO THE ATTACHED MAPS AND/OR PLATES: 1. 2. EXISTING CULTURAL FEATURES EXISTING DEVELOPED FEATURES WITHIN UTILITIES, ETC. WERE IDENTIFIED. OF COUNTY ROAD 5i ARE ELECTRICAL, TOPOGRAPHY THE SITE SUCH AS ROADS, BUILDINGS, UTILITIES WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TELEPHONE AND SANITARY SEWER. DEGREES OF SLOPE GRADIENT FROM 0% - 5%, 5% - 10% AND SLOPE.) GREATER THAN 10% WERE IDENTIFIED, BASED ON A CONTOUR INTERVAL OF TWO FEET. SLOPES OF 0% - 5% ARE CONSIDERED TU HAVE SLIGHT LIMITATIONS FOR DEVELOP- MENT OF STRUCTURES AND OTC'ER PUBLIC USE FACILITIES; 5% - 10% HAVE MODERATE LIMITATIONS; AND SLOPES GREATER THAN 10% ARE CONSIDERED TO HAVE HIGH EROSION POTENTIAL AND ARE CONSIDERED AS UNDEVELOPABLE. THE MOST PRONOUNCED TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES ON THE SITE ARE THE HILL IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE GARDEN, THE HILL OVERLOOKING THE LAKE IN THE EAST PART OF THE GARDEN, AND THE PENNINSULA EXTENDING INTO THE LAKE IN THE SANCTUARY. 3. SOILS VARIOUS SOILS WITHIN THE SITE WERE IDENTIFIED AND CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THEIR RELATIVE SUITABILITY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SUPPORT FACILITIES SUCH AS ROADS, PARKING A14D BUILDINGS. 4. EXISTINC VEGETATION PATTEWIS OVERSTORY VEGETATION WITHIN THE SITE WAS CATALOGED. TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY DECIDUOUS TREES OF 17 SPECIES, AND 14; CONIFEROUS TREES OF 9 SPECIES WERE LOCATED WITHIN THE 16 ACRE GARDE14 SITE. THE MO5'1 ABUNDANT DECIDUOUS TREE IS AMEAICAN ELM (52), AND CONIFER IS SCOTCH PINE (48). ELM REPRESENTS ONLY 2410 OF THE DECIDUOUS TREES AND 14% OVERALL. THIS MENJS THAT THE GARDEN'S EXISTING CHARACTER CAN BE MAINTAINED AND WILL NOT BE DESTROYED AS TREES ARE LOST TO DUTCH ELM DISEASE.