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Establishing the Ford Site Green Infrastructure Stormwater Management District and establishing connection and ongoing operation and maintenance charges for property and uses to be served by the district's stormwater infrastructure.
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WHEREAS, the Ford Site Redevelopment Area (“Site”) in the Highland Park neighborhood is the former location of the Ford Motor Company’s 122-acre Twin Cities Assembly Plant. The Site is currently owned and controlled by a development affiliate of Ryan Companies (“Ryan”). Ryan is the Master Developer for the Site; and
WHEREAS, to inform redevelopment, a Sustainable Stormwater Feasibility Report for the Site was completed in 2010 which recommended integrated stormwater treatments and a green infrastructure corridor; and
WHEREAS, a Roadmap to Sustainability for the Saint Paul Ford Site was completed in 2011 which provided goals and strategies to achieve sustainability on the Site including stormwater; and
WHEREAS, a Sustainable Stormwater Management Alternatives Analysis was completed in in 2016, further refining the infrastructure strategy and illustrating multiple benefits provided by green stormwater management systems shared across the Site; and
WHEREAS, the Ford Site Zoning and Public Realm Master Plan (“MP”) was adopted by the City Council in September 2017; and
WHEREAS, the MP states runoff from the entire site will be directed to and managed in a primarily above-grade centralized green infrastructure corridor.
WHEREAS, Ryan proposed amendments to the MP under RES PH 19-73 and Ford zoning ordinances under ORD 19-19 which the City Council approved in April of 2019; and
WHEREAS, both the adopted and amended MP feature a central water feature serving a dual purpose of stormwater filtration and management which contributes to achieving sustainability goals for the site.
WHEREAS, Ryan has developed preliminary engineering designs utilizing shared stormwater systems to the degree possible, integrating...
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