08-27-07 Item 7C, Transp for Com plan

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~ -~ HILLS - PROJECT TIMELINE, TOTAL COST AND DELIVERABLES PROJECT UNDERSTANDING . The City of Arden Hills is required to updale their Comprehensive Plan every ten years. The current update is due by the end of2008 alld will look to the future year of 2030. The Transportation Plan is an important aspect of the Comprehensive Plan that will guide the City's transportation system for the next ten years. As consistent with the Metropolitan Council Local Planning Handbook, the 2030 Transportation Policy Plan will emphasize a multi-modal transportation system. The primary transportation network within the City of Arden Hills is composed of the interstate highway system, state highways, and county roads. In addition to serving local trips, these roadways also serve regional trips into and through the City. There is currently a high volume of traffic on these roadways within the City and this high volume generates areas of congestion during the peak hours of the day. As the City increases in size due to local growth, growth in the Twin Cities Anny Ammunition Plant (TCAAP) site, and regional growth within cities outside of Arden Hills, a citywide transportation system is important to ensure that traffic moves through the community safely and efficiently. Both lhe existing traffic conditions and the future traffic conditions will be looked at to produce a transportation plan that is useful to the local and regional community; now and into the future. The Transportation Plan will address the question of how the community as a whole will be connected to the rest of the Twin Cities metropolitan region and beyond. Bolton & Menk, Inc. looks forward to building on the momentum of the Comprehensive Plan and the TCAAP AUAR. Bolton & Menk understands that this Comprehensive Plan Update will need to satisfY the requirements of the Metropolitan Council, but also address the TCAAP Amendment to the City's 1998 Comprehensive Plan. The Transportation Plan will address the required components of the local transportation plan including Traffic Analysis Zones (TAZ), highways and roads, bikes and pedestrians, special situations, transit, and aviation. It will meet the minimum technical and analytical requirements as required by the Local Planning Handbook, 2030 Transportation Policy Plan, and Arden Hills' system statement. In the sections that follow, we describe the components of our plan process, utilizing the work program outline from the Request For Quote. It is our belief that this process will help the Arden Hills community plan for a multi-modal solution to the future growth within the City. Section J - I Submitted by: Bolton & Menk, Inc. Quote for Transportation Planning Services 2008 Comprehensive Plan Update City of Arden Hilts. Minnesota