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Overall Framework - Context <br />Overview <br />The COR is a unique area within the City; but it is a part of, and connected with, a variety of local, city- <br />wide and regional systems (See Figure 1: Development Master Plan 5.03). Each development project, <br />whether a single building, one lot, or a series of blocks, must provide reasonable links to these systems <br />as a primary design objective. <br />Guideline Recommendations <br />To ensure that The COR takes full advantage of local and regional systems, development should: <br />• Provide safe, easily recognized connections to city, county and state trail corridors <br />• Make provisions for city and regional transit service and amenities (including the Northstar Line) <br />and encourage their use <br />• Tie into, and improve, the Ramsey utility network <br />• Integrate with and complement the existing (and future) street framework <br />• Become an integral part of the city and county drainage/stormwater management plan <br />Objectives <br />• Overall COR design (and all new private development within The COR) will accommodate <br />stormwater from new projects and from off -site, and highlight stormwater features as an <br />amenity <br />• Bikeways and pedestrian routes into The COR from adjacent neighborhoods must be designed <br />for safety and ease of access, suggesting that a person on a bicycle has an equally accessible <br />route to downtown. <br />• Parks and open space will be easily accessible to all COR residents, visitors, people who work <br />here and also for the citizens of Ramsey and the surrounding area. This connected green system <br />is reminiscent of the world renowned 'Grand Rounds' of Minneapolis. <br />Design Framework — The COR Page 3 <br />February 28, 2012 <br />