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use of the site. (p.15) ----Corridor Location Policies include: Continue a wide variety of land uses in the middle portion of the corridor (between 1-694 and 1-494). Encourage high quality ........... commercial and industrial development in the corridor subject to location policies and local land use plan objectives. (p.18) 2. The Mississippi River Corridor Plan/Part of the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan, Approved by the Saint Paul City Council (all are direct quotes from the text): ----Continue commercial and industrial uses of river corridor land and water, consistent with the Saint Paul Land Use Plan. Recognize the Mississippi as a working river and support the continued operation of commercial navigation facilities. Pursue cleanup and reclamation of polluted sites. ----The Port Authority has donated over 1,800 acres of land to the City, to be used for open space and recreation in perpetuity. Those lands now in park use include Crosby -Lake, Pigs Eye Lake, and Pickeral Lake. Port Authority Comments: ----We urge the DNR to recognize that the preservation of industrial land use, both river -related and land-based, is consistent with long-established local land use plans and zoning codes, and is of fundamental importance to the economic health of the City, the Metro, and their residents. The Port Authority also urges the DNR to provide an end -product that does not stigmatize existing businesses as being non -conforming uses. ----River Terminal and River -related uses should remain. It should be noted that only a mere 3 miles of river frontage out of 26 miles in the City of Saint Paul is used for shipping terminal use; this use is greatly beneficial to both the economic and environmental health of the State of Minnesota. ----Land-based businesses should remain. These industrial and commercial uses provide thousands of jobs, significant tax base, and also generate positive spin-off effects in the metro and state economies. ----The Port Authority has provided, as noted above, a very substantial amount of land for open space purposes and supports open space uses in the corridor, where appropriate.