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Page - 5 | METROPOLITAN COUNCIL LOCAL PLANNING HANDBOOK Print Date: 3/10/2016 Checklist of Minimum Requirements for Arden Hills □ Include locations of regional employment clusters and activity center nodes (as shown on the RBTN map) and other local activity centers. □ For Tier 1 and Tier 2 corridors on the RBTN, describe and map the existing or planned bicycle facility alignments that are within the established corridors; the purpose of these corridors is as a placeholder for cities/counties to designate a planned alignment. If there is a planned alignment that would fulfill the intent of the corridor and that lies within and in line with the corridor’s directional orientation that the community would propose to replace the established corridor, map that alignment and denote by indicating it as “proposed for the RBTN.” □ Analyze and address the need for local bicycle and pedestrian facility improvements to provide connections that remove major physical barriers (i.e., freeways, railroad corridors, rivers and streams) on the regional (RBTN) and local networks. □ Discuss pedestrian system needs in a manner that responds to your community designation (as described in Thrive MSP 2040) and addresses the needs of your community. Aviation □ Identify policies and ordinances that protect regional airspace from obstructions. Include how your community will notify the FAA of proposed structures. Freight □ Identify railways, barge facilities and truck or intermodal freight terminals within the community. □ Identify other important nodes that may generate freight movement, such as industrial parks and large shopping areas. □ Map the road network showing volumes of multi-axle trucks (also known as “heavy commercial average annual daily traffic or HCAADT”) for Principal Arterial and A-Minor functional classifications. □ Identify any local roadway issues or problem areas for goods movement, such as weight-restricted roads or bridges, bridges with insufficient height or width clearances, locations with unprotected road crossings of active rail lines, or intersections with inadequate turning radii.